cigar boxes
scissors, small X-Acto knife with #11 blades
Tri-Tix rubber cement, Elmer’s glue
black construction paper, index cards or similar weight cardboard
paper clips
small palette knife or spatula
spray cans of paint, black rubber-base paint
piece of plate glass about 12” square
In addition, you are apt to need ...
Pliobond cement (manufactured by Goodyear)
tooling aluminum or copper (from craft or hobby shops)
Balsa wood in ½″ and 1″ thick boards, or slabs of styrofoam plastic.
Balsa wood from hobby shops; styrofoam from florists, ten-cent
stores, or insulation companies.
assorted twigs and dried weeds, collected in the Fall
sawdust sifted into fine, medium, and coarse grades
“Rit” or “Tintex” dye—greens and browns
lichen (from model railroad shops)
gravel and fine sand
nut picks, leather modelling tools, dental tools, etc.
assorted jars with lids, cans, other mixing containers
paper mache mix (explained in text)
model kits, novelties, souvenirs, post-cards, etc.