I've never put together a resin model/garage kit. Help?

Question

I've been interested in putting together an anime garage kit for awhile now but have no idea what to do! Can someone tell me what kind of tools and paint I'll need and how to get started? It'd be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Advise from "A beginner's guide to building garage kits:

"You should be a competent scale modeler before you attempt working on these kits. If you can put together and paint model planes, cars, or ships you should have very little problem adapting to the unique challenge of these models. Keep in mind that character kits have by far many times fewer parts than your average 1/48 scale airplane. The most I've seen so far is 7 parts. (head, 2 arms, 2 legs, torso, and a clothing piece)

Go ahead and order yourself a model. Open the box and carefully inspect the parts. Stick them together and get a feel for how it goes together. Note which pieces fit together well and which ones do not. Take a look at the instructions given with the kit. If you can read Japanese, you've got a distinct advantage"

See the complete article at the link I have provided.

Answer 2

It is not clear whether you are thinking of merely surviving or adopting an alternative life style. If the power grid failed, it is likely we would all be scrambling for candles and matches, or flashlights and batteries. Having a supply on hand in an emergency situation would certainly beat rushing to the store before such things were cleaned off the shelves. So planning ahead is always a vital part of survival. Another aspect of survival is the ability to utilized the materials you have on hand, in some case to different ends, than to what they were intended. Someone once said your best survival tool rest between your ears. One might add a little imagination can go along way. For example a simple green garbage bag, aside from being a container for refuse, with a few strategic incisions can be transformed into rain gear, or a shelter for one. In a rain soaked forest where is the best source of dry firewood? The reality is that its everywhere. Every piece of wood that is soaked on the exterior has a dry core, but you’ll need an hatch to split it, in order to expose the dry center. For hunters survival is generally a temporary condition not an alternative life style, in most cases a result of getting lost while pursuing game. However they always have a back up emergency plan, which they create by leaving the details of where they will be hunting, and when they expect to return with someone who they can trust to alert the authorities should they not show up at the expected time. Their needs are generally shelter and the means to construct , a fire and the means to light it and some device for signaling. A fresh water source is essential, and possibly the means to purify it. If all goes well, they should be found in a few day, so food is not necessarily a burning issue. However having a firearm with ample ammunition, if game presence itself, they have the means to take it as a food source. The firearm can also double as a signaling device. The contents of a hunter’s survival pack should be those items he can effectively use to ensure his survival until he is found. Having said this, if what you are looking to do is achieve some type of alternative life style, then it might be wise to take Aaron’s advise and seek out a survival forum run by some real anti-government folks.