The following is a list of items that are useful to have around when modelling:
- Liquid Electrical Tape
- Steak or filleting knife for carving foam
- Flat metal measuring stick for setting module rail height at shows.
- Insided out clothes pins for clamps
- Tubes of artist acrylic paints for painting or stain
- Latex paint to glue ground cover and track
- Coffee stirrers
- Rochester Model Rails newsletter
- Needle nose pliers
- Popsicle sticks
- Shish kabob sticks
- Track cleaner – Bright Boy
- “for sale” signs for sheet styrene
- Extra Kadee couplers and coupler springs
- Volt Ohm Meter (VOM) or Multimeter
- Test leads with alligator clips
- Super glue
- Coupler and track gauge
- Rail nippers
- Small files
- Extension cords
- Metal and insulating rail joiners
- Aquanet hairspray
- Old copiers and printers for gears and parts
- Old wind-up alarm clocks for gears