Tamiya Basic Tool Set

Every modeller ends up with the same shortlist of tools rattling around the bench — cutters, tweezers, a decent knife — so Tamiya bundled the essentials into one tidy case and saved you the hunting. It's the obvious starting point if you're building your first kit, or a sensible way to back up a scattered toolbox with gear that's actually built for plastic.

What's in the box

• Side cutters, sized for clean sprue snips without stressing the plastic
• Angled tweezers for picking up and placing the small stuff
• Small Phillips and flathead screwdrivers for photo-etch and fittings
• A craft knife for trimming gates and a file for tidying the join
• Everything held in a compact plastic case, so nothing goes missing in a drawer

Open the case, pick up a kit, and you've got no excuse left not to start.

Genuine Tamiya tooling that'll outlast plenty of kits. Pair it with a roll of Tamiya masking tape when you're ready to move on to painting panel lines and canopies.