Top 10 Model building Tips, Tricks and jigs

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I demonstrate my Top 10 Model building Tips, Tricks and jigs that I use to make my model building easier and more efficient.
Non-tip glue stand
Non-tip paint holder
Handling round parts for painting
Precise glue applicator
"Allways ready" glue bottle holder
Tool for gluing walls upright and at perfect right angles
Keeping posts plumb while gluing
Using prototypes as references for weathering
Cheap source for paint mixing vessels
Handling many small parts at once, for painting

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@owenauer3406 3 года назад

I glued Dollar store Jenga blocks together to hold my bottles.

@Fryns Год назад

55 years modelling (on off) and there still are tricks to be learned. Tanks!

@justforthefun Год назад

Isn't that the truth. I've got a list of more tips I've learned just since I posted this video. I hope to publish then soon.

@GRUMP5B 2 года назад

Thank you for the simple tips and explanations, these will go a long way to making my life easier.

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Glad it helped Peter

@qwincyq6412 Год назад

Great tips, especially the needle and the paint holders. As someone prone to klutzing out due to a disability these are game changers!

@tonmeijer5654 2 года назад

The "up-side-down" needle and the double side tape holder I am sure to copy! Thanks for the idea! I modelled all my life, but these were new for me! 👍🏻

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Glad you found something useful Ton.

@bremdillz3723 5 дней назад

Damnnn i legit just knocked over my brand new bottle of Tamiya Cement (orange cap) after one single use, and am now left with only a handful of uses. Making that square holder but x3, thanks for the idea!

@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735 Год назад

Very many thanks for these useful tips. Much appreciated.

@justforthefun Год назад

Glad you found some use out of it. Happy modeling!

@orbitalair2103 2 года назад

i reuse the little plastic trays that my contacts come in. the small depression is for paint. flip it over to get a flat spot for glue dispensing. I reuse the little coffee creamer cups to mix paint in. I took an older half empty liquid glue bottle and added several pieces of left over sprue, after a few days I had some plastic glue putty.

@tomt9543 2 года назад

Been using 1-2-3 blocks for a long time, but recently I picked up a set of hole less 1-2-3 blocks. I don’t know how I’ve lived for 62 years without them! They are considerably heavier than the 28 hole blocks, and one of my frequent uses for them is holding basswood panels flat while the paint dries! I lay the basswood pieces on a piece of 1/4” glass, lay waxed paper over them and put the blocks on top of them!

@justindunlap1235 Год назад

Thanks for the tip, I've been having issues with painting thin panels.

@djvycious Год назад

I bought some 1-2-3 blocks from a recommendation on a woodworking video. What an inexpensive and great tool!

@stevesoutar3405 Год назад

genius !! The sticky sticks for spraying small parts is my favourite tip here - thank you

@thisissoeasy 9 месяцев назад

Brilliant ideas! Cheers from Outback Australia...

@negotiableaffections 2 года назад

There's only one thing better than a pair of 1-2-3 blocks and that's TWO pairs of 1-2-3 blocks - you can never have too many work holding solutions - especially WITHIN REACH at all times.

@mpetersen6 2 года назад

Add in a cheap pair of v-ee blocks, an angle plate and a length of 2 x 2 x1/8 extruded aluminum angle. But do not use the 1/16th. It's too flimsy. If you find yourself doing a lot of angle cutting of sheet stock a vernier protractor is much more accurate than the protractor heads that are in hardware store combination square sets. Ant number of machinist set up tools are handy.

@negotiableaffections 2 года назад

@@mpetersen6 and remeber where you store them all!

@dannymcnamara2554 10 месяцев назад

@@negotiableaffections😂👍🏻

@mpetersen6 22 дня назад

@@negotiableaffections It's called a Tool Box or Machinist Chest. French fit the drawers so the tools only back in one place.

@brbodybuilder 2 года назад

Thanks for the tips they are very much appreciated!

@hadynmcloughlin4661 2 года назад

Excellent tips and ideas thank you!

@BobMuir100 Год назад

WOW! So many good tips in one place. I wanted an excuse to buy Forstner bits!! Thanks Bob England

@everythingphotography2570 Год назад

Thanks Bob!

@InfiniteCraftsman 2 года назад

Great tips. You can use magnets to “clamp” to the 123 block also

@bradster1708 Год назад

Great video, lots of great ideas. That V jig you made for vertical alignment can also be used for another purpose. You can use it to drill perfectly centred holes into rod or pipe. Just use a drill press and line up using centre of v for a guide.

@PlasticImaginationWorkshop Год назад

Hello!! I just found your channel and subbed. Great tips, these will help out a lot of folks. I really like your custom glue holder, very nice. I also appreciated your tip on holding small parts. I already do something similar but I never thought of taping the sticks together and then cutting them apart. Like I always say, learn something new everyday. Thanks for the video and I'm looking forward to checking out more of your video's. Have a great day Sir. -David

@garycamp3389 Год назад

Great tips..will use them.. thanks, Gary from . Ct.

@barrysmith8193 Год назад

Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.

@jamestaylor8217 2 года назад

Excellent! Thank you.

@edwardanderson7003 4 месяца назад

Great Video. Thank you!!

@T-DawgsModelCars 9 месяцев назад

Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing! I just subbed you!

@canuckchuck8836 2 года назад

Great tips! Thank you for sharing. I use some mini multi-angle welding magnets with my 3-2-1 blocks to make angled jigs. Also a thick straight-edge or ruler taped down to your work-surface when used with a thinner right-angle ruler or set square is helpful for long or square cuts in styrene for example.

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Thanks Chuck. Good ideas

@paintnamer6403 2 года назад

Nice. My take away is the inverted bottle holder.

@richardclowes6123 Год назад

Good ideas. However, on the jig for the post I use the same principal but have a larger cut-out at the bottom so that glue can't get from the base of the post onto the squaring block.

@BlackHat302Gaming Год назад

Great tips, simple but effective.

@jamesreynolds1275 2 года назад

Great ideas!

@christianwood7432 3 года назад

Great stuff.

@schadowolf Год назад

Great tips, glad YT recommended your channel, subbed.

@everythingphotography2570 Год назад

Thanks.

@GrahamOrm Год назад

Great tips thanks.

@whisperscream8297 2 года назад

All useful and big brain time. But that needle/super glue... reservoir... okay that's really clever! Thanks!

@lexi_9995 2 года назад

Top tips, thank you.

@rrl4245 6 месяцев назад

Great tips - Thanks

@TrainDetailsbyGuss Год назад

Thanks for sharing. Good ideas.

@Wilett614 2 года назад

Great Modeling TIPS !! Sounds like you've been reading Brett Gallant's "Model University" series : )) I love Sierra West Kits TOO

@topsnipe 2 года назад

To make removing tight-fitting bottles from your paint tray, try drilling a small hole all the way through the bottom of the well, use the forstner bit dimple as a guide. This will let air out when inserting a bottle and air in during removal.

@jerryrichards8172 Год назад

Very nice thank you.

@tonyromano6220 2 года назад

Blue paddy! Stuff sold for hanging things without damaging wall. Super stuff for painting and holding things.

@ryanjohn7034 3 года назад

WOW great ideas thanks for sharing

@justforthefun 3 года назад

Thanks Ryan. If you have any other topics you would like to see covered, please let me know.

@NAMVETSTARLITE 2 года назад

GREAT TIPS

@justindunlap1235 Год назад

I've found that a helpful layout jig can be created using Legos, I use one of the flat green build plates screwed to a flat board as a base, you can make a perfect jig for almost anything with a small tub of bricks.

@robertmunoz7543 2 года назад

As spock would say "fascinating"!😁 Jman

@markbaigent8373 2 года назад

On the paint pot holder you could drill some small holes for holding brushes.

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Great idea! Thanks

@andersdenkend 2 года назад

Now, I've never spilled my glue (so far), but that I can open it one handed is a pretty big bonus of that jig. Definitely will build something like that! That 123 Block is highly recommended, I use something similar.

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Thanks

@tonyromano6220 2 года назад

I have 4 blocks of steel and a few other heavy items.

@radishdalek 2 года назад

Thank you for tips

@ARDIECAST Год назад

So cool ideas .......... Thanks a lot for such an wonderful video

@everythingphotography2570 Год назад

Thanks so much. Glad you got something out of it.

@EdsAttentionToDetail 2 года назад

Great channel and awesome tip and tricks. New subscriber here!!

@everythingphotography2570 2 года назад

Thanks a lot Ed!

@JamLeGull 2 года назад

Investing in a cheap tablet or sourcing an old laptop is probably a more cost effective way to look at reference pictures than printing them in colour on glossy paper in the long run.

@frankelliott4234 2 года назад

You can use Paint stirring sticks from the hardware.

@chessnut34464 Год назад

When using a needle to apply super glue I first put the drop of glue on a piece of plastic baggy where i will remain workable for 10 or 15 minutes.

@everythingphotography2570 Год назад

I learned an even better idea. I should update the video. If you put CA glue on the wax of a tea candle ( I suppose any candle would work) it remains workable for hours! It actually works. And when the needle gets clogged with dried CA glue, you use a match and it burns right off the needle.

@karenthompson1539 Год назад

Good tips. Any ideas on how to get that perfect yellow stripe around aircraft bombs?

@Strattonlad1946 Год назад

Most Hobby Lobby stores have balsa wood. 1/4” or 1/8” usually there. If your thumbnail won’t dent the balsa much, perfect for these jigs

@madcat1007 2 года назад

Wow!! Thankyou so much.Great helpful tips. That was a year ago. Time for a new one???

@justforthefun 2 года назад

Glad you found it useful Madcat100. You're right, time for a new one!

@danielmierop662 2 года назад

Thank you

@robertmassucci1 29 дней назад

notch out the bottom of the post jig so glue doesnt squeeze out and glue jig too

@dustinrossi9384 2 года назад

Nice bit off tips and info thanks

@michaelreed9733 8 месяцев назад

The bottles in tip #9 that you have thinner in looks like where did you find those ??

@everythingphotography2570 8 месяцев назад

I think those came from Hobby Lobby or Micheals

@fx1c333 2 года назад

Tool for gluing walls upright and at perfect right angles " Computer heat sinks " various sizes and some have 3-4mm between the fins to hold popsicle sticks in place or card. Low tack double sided sticky tape.

@everythingphotography2570 2 года назад

Cool! Thanks for the tip.

@williammarshall6544 5 месяцев назад

I need a technique to drill a centred hole in a < 1mm piece of plastic rod to simulate a gun barrel?

@justforthefun 5 месяцев назад

That will be tough @williammarshall6544. What I would do for that case is try to find a small tube to use in its place. Evergreen sells some very small diameter plastic tubes or look around for something similar. Coffee stir sticks, the old metal ink pen refills, etc.

@crossbowhunter9118 2 года назад

I build a lot of cars. They need the frame built for them. I need a way hold one side of the frame so I can glue the second half to the 1st half how do I make it stay their and keep it flat and same length. What do you recommend?

@Panos-xo9rc 2 года назад

Secure it in a piece of cardboard,or another non flex surface with blue tac.

@crossbowhunter9118 2 года назад

@@Panos-xo9rc what is blue tac?

@crossbowhunter9118 2 года назад

@@Panos-xo9rc what non flex surface would work other than cardboard

@crossbowhunter9118 2 года назад

@@Panos-xo9rc cardboard box or just some cardboard laying flat?

@Panos-xo9rc 2 года назад

@@crossbowhunter9118 any rigid surface that you can handle and where blue tack works will do.

@tonyromano6220 2 года назад

Ahh a needle!

@othoapproto9603 2 года назад

I know this is a big learning curve. A 3d printer is a great way to make custom tools and jigs. However this means Computer skills > 3d modeling skills > 3d printing skills, yes a long pathway, but with the added benefit of making custome models as well.

@chessnut34464 Год назад

correction: "It" will remain workable

@YouTubeSaysThereCantBeTwoRyans Год назад

Everytime I see someone make bases for thier jars and such I think "that's so stupid and such a waste of space." Then I go back to working on my models, and knock over an opened jar. The ammo jars are the worst, so awkwardly top heavy.