List of BASIC items needed to build the kit and run it.

Radio
Hobby Knife
Angled hobby shears (for snipping as close to the parts as possible...sometimescuticlecutters work, but not really)
Replacement Blades
Thread Lock (blue)
Phillips head screwdriver (small with semi-wide head)
Solvent Cement Glue (depending on kit, you may need super glue or for technical hobby terms, CA glue)
(optional) Muffin pan, tackle box, bead accessory box, etc....what ever you can use to sort through the hundreds of screws easily...look around the house, you may not have to purchase anything for that.

That's really it. You can modify what you need along the way like replacing the ceramic grease or axle grease for silicone grease.
Sand paper may come in handy foreliminatingsprue marks, but usually scraping with an X-acto blade takes care of that or solvent cement dissolves it away. I also like to use magnets andmagnetizedtools....this really helps a lot,especiallyfor the tiny screws smaller than eyeglass screws. Tamiya does supply you with a tinyPhillipsfor it, but it's notmagnetizedso adding a tiny magnet to the screw driver makes things easy. They also supply you with nut drivers and again, depending on the kit, hex key wrenches.

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