Green Stuff World Basic Tool Kit
Starter kit: pin vice, saw, knife, files, nipper and glue
Green Stuff World
Cutting & Prep Tools
There is a stable brand ladder here — budget clippers, then Tamiya, then the Japanese single-bevel nippers — with roughly a fivefold price spread across it and one real difference at the top: a single-bevel blade leaves a flat, almost invisible cut face instead of a crushed nub you then have to scrape. Mould-line removers and needle files are the unglamorous half of the same job, and the half most beginners skip.
The Honest Verdict
The expensive nippers are genuinely better and genuinely not necessary. If you clip a hundred parts a week the flat cut saves real cleanup time; if you build a kit a month, a cheap pair plus a sharp blade and a mould-line scraper gets the same finish for a fraction of the outlay.
On This Shelf
910 products read and admitted so far - 28 brands, filterable below. More are mined and waiting to be judged.
Brand
910 of 910 products
Side cutter for removing parts from sprue
AK Interactive
Hobby knife with a moulded grip
Army Painter
Flush-cut clippers for removing parts from sprue
Monument Hobbies
Fine micro knife for detail cutting
Gale Force Nine
A3 cut-resistant desk mat for painting and cutting
Redgrass Games
Side cutters, tweezers, knife, file and screwdrivers in a case
Tamiya
Fine piercing blades for a jeweller's saw frame · 60 per inch
Excel Blades
Model Nipper Ultra-Thin Blade for Miniature & 3D Print Builds
Cutting nipper · Ultra-thin for precise cuts
Golden Maple
Monument MonumenTOOLS - Hobby Nerd Cutting Mat
self-healing · 10" x 8" · double-sided
Ningbo Weldon
All-in-one assembly tool kit: file, knife, cutter, drill and putty
Army Painter
Single-blade precision nippers for plastic sprues, max 3 mm, not for metal
Redgrass Games
Fine piercing blades for a jeweller's saw frame · 52 per inch
Excel Blades
Citadel mould line remover
Citadel
Set of files for cleaning mould lines and flash
Army Painter
Stainless-steel sprue cutters for plastic and resin, max 3 mm, with protective cap
Redgrass Games
Surgical scalpel blades for a #3 or #4 handle · 2 blades
Excel Blades
99199999091 · 99199999058
Citadel
Sprue cutter for plastic frames
Army Painter
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Precision side cutter for close sprue trimming
Army Painter
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 15 blades in a dispenser
Excel Blades
Self-healing cutting mat
Army Painter
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Set of modelling tweezers
Army Painter
Surgical scalpel blades for a #3 or #4 handle · 2 blades
Excel Blades
Sculpting tool set for green stuff work
Army Painter
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 15 blades in a dispenser
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 105 blades
Excel Blades
Coated hobby knife blades that hold their edge longer · 5 blades · titanium nitride
Excel Blades
Coated hobby knife blades that hold their edge longer · 100 blades · titanium nitride
Excel Blades
Coated hobby knife blades that hold their edge longer · 5 blades · zirconium nitride
Excel Blades
Coated hobby knife blades that hold their edge longer · 100 blades · zirconium nitride
Excel Blades
Needle file for smoothing and shaping
Excel Blades
Needle file for smoothing and shaping
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a hobby knife · 12in imperial aluminium ruler and a K1 knife
Excel Blades
Self-healing cutting mat · 12 x 18in · Black
Excel Blades
Self-healing cutting mat · 12 x 18in · Green
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle
Excel Blades
Surgical scalpel blades for a #3 or #4 handle · 2 blades
Excel Blades
Replacement saw blade for hobby cutting · 5 blades
Excel Blades
9mm snap-off blades for a slim snap knife · 5 blades
Excel Blades
9mm snap-off blades for a slim snap knife · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Surgical scalpel blades for a #3 or #4 handle · 2 blades
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 5 blades
Excel Blades
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