So You've Decided to Take Up Scale Model Aircraft Building?

A guest post by Roland Cisco

After years of the 9 to 5 work day grind and the endless hours of boredom,  I decided to take up a hobby I did long ago and previously lost time to pursue. Now that I have the time, I've invigorated my hobby of building scale aircraft models from plastic kits.

I chose plastic mostly because it was readily available, and there was a vast and expansive amount of kits to be built. I just never dreamed I'd end up spending the amount of money for the "stuff" you need to absolutely do it right.

Some of the materials include small tools, files, knives, brushes, tapes, maskings, table top space, lighting, and a camera to record the beautiful job you completed. I also invested in an "ok" airbrush, and now have 5 to choose from including single action and dual action. I have a compressor, chalk for weathering, various washes for rust creation and of course Future Floor Wax for making application of so many additional things to a finished model. Then there are the hundreds of bottles of both acrylic paints and enamels for that perfect color need.