On Saturday I went for a walk around Browns Bay on Auckland’s North Shore and, as I’m in the habit of doing, checked out the various “Low Cost” shops for any useful bits and pieces to aid me in scratchbuilding or diorama making. So here are a few of the things I found that some of you out there may also like to go looking for.
Pack of 4 Tweezers. Always handy. $2 from Sunnys
Pack of 4 coils of Soldering wire. This stuff is great for making piping and tubing when detailing things as well as for use making armatures for sculpting. $2 from Sunnys
Pack of a LOT of large popsicle sticks. Useful for all manner of woodwork such as diorama sides, fences, buildings, furniture, boxes, etc, etc. You name it, if it’s made from wood in real life the chances are you can also make it from wood in 1/35 scale. $1.60 from Sunnys
Picture Frame, 20cm x 25cm. Good for a quick and easy diorama base. These don’t have glass, which gets turfed aside anyway, so are nice and cheap and came in a variety of sizes. $3 from the asian $1-$2-$3 shop.
Copper tubing. This stuff is used as bead separaters in beading and this particular type that I found measures 1.1mm in diameter and 35mm long so scales out at 38.5mm in diameter and 1.225m long. Great for tubing, piping etc when detailing vehicles and buildings. And if I can find some in brass or copper ( it’s available but the shop didn’t have any ) then it should be suitable for making brass shell casings for any 3.7cm or 40mm gun by adding small round bases puched from brass shim stock. .50c ea from a beading shop I forgot to get the name of.
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