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OK guy, I must consult with the masters at the top of the mountain on this one. Those of you who know me, are aware that I am in purgatory at the moment, after making a totally boneheaded mistake, rookie style, so I am waiting on money to buy replacement kits. This leaves a guy with a LOT of spare time, if I am not on here following one of many WIP (finally figured that out, I just though you guys couldn't spell and I didn't want to say anything, apple cart style), or asking one of a million questions kid style, (what is that? Why do you do that? What color is gray? Can I play with superglue?) or reminiscent about Mk19's on ARC, I spend the rest of that time looking over every bit of information on modeling as humanly possible. I have three questions total. First, is it modelling or modeling? Second, modeler or modeler? I keep seeing it both ways, and I was certain in both cases, the double L was correct, now I am not so sure. Now the big one. I spoke to a guy from another one of the half dozen sites that I belong too or just use frequently. He is also a mountain top masters and when I asked if he only had ten tools he could use for the rest of his life, what would they be. (by the way, that will probably be my next annoy everyone question). Anyway, on his list he recommended seam scrapers by Alexen, they come in many different shapes and forms for every conceivable angle or curve, and he claimed that used right, they could literally decrease the amount of filling by a factor of better than 50 percent. So I was off on my quest, this intrigued me most of all. I have found dozens of video reviews and tutorials about the products, and stumbled upon the Ustar brand as well. So my question is this. How many of you have tried or actually use these tools on a regular basis? Do you find them to be as useful as so many reviewers and tutorials claim? I am just curious to see if the secret weapon is really a secret, and what the mountain top masters think. While I know that most of you can probably fill gaps in your sleep, in the tutorials, it looks like much faster, easier method, where only Mr Surface need be applied if any filler at all. Am I being tricked? What says you, and as always, thanks in advance! Anthony