Howdy folks. New to these boards and hope to contribute some great dios. I'm currently working on fleshing out a weapons room with hand tools. Anyone know a good place to find them? I don't need the automotive tool sets with welders and tanks. More like plyers, wrenches, hammers, screwdrivers, etc. that don't look too goofy and out of scale. I have one model kit that will work but its a rare japanese one I haven't seen anywhere else and the tools are too finely detailed to make my own copies so once they're used they're used. Any help is much appreciated!
1:18th tools?
- Thread starter willworkfortoys
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There is a seller on e bay that usually has sets fairly reasonable. Stuff like that is difficult to find outside of e bay.
Marauder Gun Runners' site has a few tools listed: bolt cutters, sledge hammer, axe, shovel, and a few others, but nothing as small as a screw driver, or hammer.
don't know about pre-existing tool, but styrene is actually really quite easy to work with, and at that size you could even possibly get away with printing out images on a heavy weight paper or even card stock. Then just go at it with your x acto.
AC Moore has a nice set. I have not seen the online set in person, but i have seen wrenches and screwdriver packs in store and they are just about the right size. Slightly large but not bad.
http://www.acmoore.com/p-68342-timeless-miniatures-wood-tool-box-with-tools.aspx
http://www.acmoore.com/p-68342-timeless-miniatures-wood-tool-box-with-tools.aspx
Playmobil accessories often work well with 1:18 scale figures. They have a wood working playset that comes with tools. They may be brightly colored, but a quick repaint/wash and they should be good to go.
Hey willwork... What did you end up using? Because I saw this thread late after seeing the weapons room finished and wondered myself where you got those small tools.
I ended up resorting to cutting a few of the tools I was saving from a sprue to use some bare minimums from a shop scene model I was saving.
GMP diecast models used to have some great welding sets...they were for 1:18th cars...i'm sure you could still find them online
