[THE DC]

Joe had some good tips for preferred or recommended tools. He had stated earlier in the thread the value of using wire for gun barrels, and toothpicks for rounded shapes, but he added that paint brushes were good for applying thinned glue, especially for thin paper formations.

Tweeter clamps were also recommended to hold prepared shape in form, until the glue set the intended shape. Having a hard surface to form shaped paper is especially necessary, when parts are tiny and the fingers can only fold so tightly.

Because he works in such small scale, he explained that the tools (wire, toothpicks, small probes, and tweezer-clamps) are required to compensate for what his fingers cannot do in small scale. He added that the finery of the tools permit small scale folding, cutting, and gluing; "My fingers are too big!"