being new to the scale of modeling i'd like to do, i need some definitons if you please.

terms i have read in the tip sections are interesting as i have no idea what they mean.

washing a model, or washing with different colors is the primary one. coats applied in levels? and the terms used for scratch built models, as to what type of material is used, and how they are molded and what tools are required.

i am getting the tools together that i nedd, as far as brushes, razor knife, cutters are concerned, are there any more i might need?

thanks in advance,

reb

A wash is - a very thinned down mix of paint and thinner. It can range from hugely thin 90/10 (thinner/paint) to mildly thin 75/25.
It is usually a dark color (or opposite the base color). It is thin so that it easily gets into nooks and carnnies.
It is used for 'popping' out detail, adding shadows, showing off detail.
There are two ways to do it, all over, and local. All over is just that you wash the entire vehicle (usually one panel/area at a time). This is sometimes called a 'filter', it darkens and adds shadows all in one shot.
Local is where you take a thin brush and add the wash to Just the nooks and crannies to get just the shadow affect.

Sheet styrene is a large flat piece of plastic (in house building terms its a piece of plywood). It comes in different thicknesses and color (some clear too). You can cut it, heat and bend it, and combine many layers to get blocks of it.
You can get styrene in many shapes 'I' eye beams, T beams, tubes, etc....

Tools required - exacto with a #11 blade - it's a must, a nice razor saw (hobby saw with really fine teeth). Nips (cutters, nail clippers not so good, scissors (nail kind are ok), nice sharp ones)

Do a site search (top right of any page) for Fee Tools or Office Supplies. There are a few threads that cover what you can scrounge up in a number of places.

This'll get you going, ask more as you go.....

I did a model maker's tool box article when this site first started. If you click on the "Features" link to the left and then on tools & supplies, you will see the article. Also if you check out the "Resources" link you will see a glossary of terms and other helpful articles.

Reb - Just my two cents. You say you are new to modeling, well welcome aboard. I know you want to jump in and get your feet wet, but don't drowned. You don't have to have every tool those of us who have been at this awhile have, to get started. Since you're new I'd suggest you get what you thing you need to do an OOB (out of the Box) build. Think about what you can do to improve you effort, try some tools you know how to use, then try some you want to learn to use. This is a hobby not a manufacturing process. It will be around awhile and hopefully so will you, learn as you go, build on your skill a stage at a time. I've been at the hobby for almost 50 years and don't do some of the great work others here do, but I still enjoy it. That is the key, build what you like, how you like, and enjoy the hobby. End of sermon, just my two cents.
Best of luck. Hope to see some of your work here soon. There are plenty of good guys and gals here willing to help you learn new techniques.

i agree with the last post.

starting off i would just get the bare bassics

xacto knife, various thickness of brushes,paint, model, and model glue, and super glue. ohh and an inexpensive model. build a few first to get used to how they go together. then you start to fall into a sorta groove, after your confortable with the build, try some light washes and mild weathering. Its not a quick hobby, it does take time and patientce but its very relaxing, (unless you meet your hand with the xacto knife. hehe)

and most important have fun with it