4 Hidden Hobby Tools you Desperately Need

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[@sonicwingnut]

If you're looking for a cost-effective high-grit sanding solution more for polishing surfaces than removing larger amounts of material, then look at fret rubbers for guitars. They're basically like those pads you got but they're small rubber sanding blocks, normally in 3 grits. Luthiers use them to clean up and polish the frets on guitars.

[@RisingApe]

neat I will take a look

[@RisingApe]

Thanks for watching ❤

[@Himle_]

While I've never used Dspiae paints or tools myself. I've kept up to date with some of their offerings watching Barbatos Rex's in depth reviews, and boy do they have a LOT of fun stuff! Great video as always!

[@RisingApe]

Tell me about it, not a great shop for your wallet 🤣

[@DenePaintsThings]

Great video topic mate, always interesting to discover new tools!

[@ovan2190]

Great video, but I must argue I do like story time here as I learn something each time lol. I like how interchangeable hobby supplies can be one tool can be used for so many different hobbies and it feels like people are still finding niche tools that actually work great. Again great video :)

[@RisingApe]

Glad you enjoyed it! And to be fair, I like story time too, I just wanted to make this one really to the point as an introduction to some amazing tools

[@ovan2190]

@@RisingApe oh absolutely, and that's also what I liked. The fact when you do talk about products you're straight to the point, and only talk about your experience nothing about how it'll change the hobby just if you thought it was helpful and how helpful it was :)

[@NeonFlaming0]

I really like your videos, that portable game board was one of the best ones I've seen yet.

[@RisingApe]

Thanks there is more like that coming thanks for taking the time to comment

[@CCMinis]

oh those sanding pads look awesome, thanks for the tips James!

[@RisingApe]

No worries mate, thanks for watching

[@squadof5]

Always cool to find alternates to the tools we typically use.

[@RisingApe]

Thanks

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@RisingApe]

Thanks mark

[@komma8203]

Cool, i did enjoy that one, its a short but great video. Realy nice😁

[@RisingApe]

Thanks, I think with product introductions like this keeping them fluff free is a good idea. Thanks for watching mate

[@Wijkert]

Checking back in. Have been using the DSPIEA sanding pads and they are much beter than I thought at first. The thing they excel at (even though they are a bit large for 32mm) is that they are flexible without the sandpaper crackling or coming off the sponge. Great quality. We can allways cut them up to better fill our needs, although glueing them back together won't work so well...😅

[@RisingApe]

Yeh I use mine all the time, I really like them

[@litlclutch]

I love my Dspiae nippers. When I got into gunpla everybody was singing the praises of Godhand... but honestly my Dspiae seem to do just as good and have lasted me longer then my mate's Godhand so feel like I not only saved money but dodged a bit of a plastic bullet.

[@RisingApe]

I haven’t tried the god hands but honestly if they are better than these I will be stunned

[@WhiteWulfe]

Yeah, definitely going to have to check out those flexible sanding strips, as they offer a versatility that my current setup doesn't quite offer. Here's hoping they offer replacement sandpaper for such now, as it would be lovely to have a rather flexible sanding pad alongside the aluminum ones and my Infini softback ones that are an absolute joy.

[@RisingApe]

Yeh I absolutely LOVE these, which I hope comes across

[@uriance88]

Might be easier to find 'god hand' brand out of Japan - either where gunpla minis are sold in the average scale model shop

[@chuck-n-debtaylor7553]

Well done 👍🏻

[@RisingApe]

Thanks

[@Paplok]

The pen drill looks quite promising, how well does it work with tiny drill bits and pinning metal models?

[@RisingApe]

Hey, I have used it to pin plastic models, with a sharp bit it should be fine with metal. To use 1/2mm bits you need to bulk the bit out but I use a qtip to do that and it works really well

[@Paplok]

@@RisingApe Thanks, I might look into that - a perfect Valentine's Day gift for my tired hands lol

[@DavesMiniMenagerie]

Scale model and gunpla stuff is great, tamiya and mr hobby have lots of cool tools

[@RisingApe]

💯 so many expensive tools I want but do not need!

[@DavesMiniMenagerie]

@@RisingApe I found a Gunpla hobby store here in Manchester, picked up these little wooden sticks with alligator clips on either end to hold sub assemblies for painting. So random but so good

[@RisingApe]

Oh nice, what’s it called I am in Manchester in a few weeks

[@DavesMiniMenagerie]

@@RisingApe KANOUSEI HOBBY is its name, its a tiny little family run place but they have a big selection of Japanese hobby tools and kits. The tools look really nice

[@RisingApe]

amazing, sounds like the sort of place to avoid for my wallets sake cheers@@DavesMiniMenagerie

[@TheEnd]

Dspae chrome is pretty good too 👍

[@RisingApe]

I love the paint pens too, I haven’t tried the chrome yet

[@frannyfranfrancis]

I'm surprised most wargamers don't know about Gundam

[@RisingApe]

Thanks, It's always surprising to me too, but it's the same with the art world in general and with scale modelling. lots to learn across the board.

[@Wijkert]

Love my Albion Alloys sanding sticks. If you own them too, how do those compare to the sanding pads featured in this video?

[@RisingApe]

Ooh no I don’t, I will check them out cheers

[@Wijkert]

@@RisingApe Found the grit sizes for the Albion Alloys sanding sticks: 100, 180, 240, 320 & 400 grit.

[@67_GT_Kai]

Tried the cutters. Sorry, Tamiya No. 123 is far superior. It's my absolute GO-TO cutter for sprues and flash.

[@RisingApe]

Fair enough, thanks for the shout

[@obtainablespatula5389]

ok but how tf do you only have 3k subs, you should have 300k at the very least

[@RisingApe]

I agree 🤣 keep sharing the videos, seriously thanks for the comment and for watching

[@nerro984]

The music is too loud or your voice is too quiet in some parts to the point that I can barely understand what you're saying. But other than that, great video!

[@RisingApe]

Oh no, very sorry about that, thanks for letting me know, I will try to do better next time. Thanks for watching

[@j453]

I need some good sprue cutters

[@RisingApe]

Can recommend these