The hardest part of painting small components is not the paint, it is having somewhere to put a wet part down. Alligator clips on sticks solve it cheaply, and a base with a grid of holes turns them into a system.
Grip on a surface that will be hidden
Every clip leaves a mark. Plan which face of the part will be glued or covered later and clip there. Deciding this before you spray saves a repaint far more often than a steadier hand would.
A base is what makes clips usable
Loose clipped sticks fall over and stick to each other. A drilled base holds twenty parts upright and apart, which lets you spray a whole subassembly in one pass and leave it to cure without touching anything.
Bendable sticks change the spray angle
Being able to tilt a part into the spray without moving the airbrush is the difference between even coverage and a shadowed underside. It is a small feature that changes how you work.
What we have on the shelf for this
Everything below is in the Painting Stands section at Redline Hobby right now, listed newest price first. Stock moves, so the page is the authority.
- 4PCS Heavy Duty Bendable Alligator Clip Sticks with Large Model Painting Stand Base — $26.99
- Evemodel 360° Rotatable Spray Work Painting Stand with 10PCs Alligator Clips Stick Set Model — $19.99
- 2pcs Metal Model Painting Stand Base Holder — $16.89
- Larger Base 14 x 19 Holes Model Painting Stand Base Holder and 20Pcs Bendable Alligator Clip — $13.95
- Model Painting Stand Base Holder and 10PCS Bendable Alligator Clip Sticks Set with Lager Cli — $12.99
- GJJC09B 1PC Painting Stand Base and 20PCS Alligator Clip Stick Set Modeling Tools for Airbru — $9.99
What it costs
Across painting stands at Redline Hobby prices currently run from $9.99 to $26.99. In painting stands that spread is mostly build quality and pack size rather than brand name: the cheapest option on this shelf is a reasonable place to start, and the dearest earns the difference in daily use rather than on the specification sheet.
Questions we get at the counter
Do you sell the kits themselves?
No. We stock the tools, stands and bench materials that go around a kit.
Can I return a tool I have used?
Returns are for unused items in original packaging, within 30 days. A used cutting tool cannot be resold.
Related parts of the shop
If this was not quite what you were looking for, the neighbouring sections are Model Tool Kits, Nippers and Cutters, Workbench and Materials. They are all listed on the shop page.
Buying from Redline Hobby
United States orders of $45 and over ship free, and a flat $5.50 applies below that. Everything is packed at 3192 Webster Ave in Bronx and we ship within the United States only. Redline Hobby takes returns for 30 days from delivery on unused items in their original packaging, and the full terms are on the Redline Hobby return policy page. If a specification you need is missing from a product page, call +1 347-202-7247 during opening hours — Mon: Closed | Tue-Sat: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Sun: Closed — and we will check the item physically rather than guess.
Side by side
The table below pulls the published figures off the 6 painting stands listings above so they can be compared without opening six tabs. A dash means the manufacturer of that painting stand did not state the figure, not that the item lacks it, because Redline Hobby does not fill those gaps with estimates. Where a number matters to your decision and the table shows a dash, call +1 347-202-7247 and we will measure the item at the 3192 Webster Ave counter in about a minute.
| Item | Price | Quantity | Size | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4PCS Heavy Duty Bendable Alligator Clip Sticks with Large | $26.99 | 4 pcs | – | – |
| Evemodel 360° Rotatable Spray Work Painting Stand with 10P | $19.99 | 10 pcs | – | – |
| 2pcs Metal Model Painting Stand Base Holder | $16.89 | 2 pcs | – | Metal |
| Larger Base 14 x 19 Holes Model Painting Stand Base Holder | $13.95 | 20 pcs | – | – |
| Model Painting Stand Base Holder and 10PCS Bendable Alliga | $12.99 | 10 pcs | – | – |
| GJJC09B 1PC Painting Stand Base and 20PCS Alligator Clip S | $9.99 | 20 pcs | – | – |
How the rest of the shop is laid out
Redline Hobby keeps a deliberately narrow scale model building tools range, split into the sections below. The counts and price bands are read from the live redlinehobby.shop catalogue at the moment this page was built, so they show the actual shape of the Norwood shelf rather than a marketing summary of it. If a section looks small, that is because Redline Hobby would rather stock a few things we can answer questions about than list everything a distributor offers.
| Section | Items | Price range |
|---|---|---|
| Model Tool Kits | 11 | $9.99 – $43.99 |
| Nippers and Cutters | 5 | $6.49 – $9.99 |
| Painting Stands | 7 | $9.48 – $26.99 |
| Workbench and Materials | 3 | $22.99 – $68.99 |
Reading a product page here
Every listing on redlinehobby.shop is written from the manufacturer specification, and where the manufacturer is silent Redline Hobby leaves the field out rather than fill the gap, which is why some scale model building tools pages are shorter than others. The details block on each page carries the figures that were actually published — pack quantity, size, material and compatibility — and the paragraph underneath says which part of the Norwood shelf the item belongs to. Anything not covered there is a question for +1 347-202-7247, and Redline Hobby would rather answer it before an order than process a return afterwards. Stock counts come from the same records the counter uses, so an item showing as available is an item on the shelf at 3192 Webster Ave.
