After finishing with the kit build, here are the following tools that are optional but will help your build go faster and easier. They are arranged in roughly descending order of how often I reached for them.
* I set up an iPad next to the work area and it was very helpful to follow this online guide on a tablet. The ability to read the comments and zoom into the pictures is invaluable.
* Magnifier with light, worn on head. Extremely helpful for small and dark nuts, bolts and assemblies, and surely prevented a few mistakes.
* Low powered electric screwdriver, with bits to drive metric hex head bolts. Don't use for starting or ending, just in the long middle.
* Scotch or masking tape to keep parts from falling out during an assembly.
* Torque screwdriver. Not as useful as I thought, since most bolts don't have a torque specification.
* A rubber mallet came in handy in a couple of steps.
* Isopropyl alcohol when you get to the final test and start your prints.
Some techniques that were also generally useful:
* Get into the habit of using one of the thin allen keys to clean out screw holes in plastic parts before you put stuff into them.
* For screw holes that are in metal, use the prescribed bolt and the electric screwdriver to clean out the screw hole before starting the assembly.
Both of the above techniques will make your bolts go in right the first time.
