"A hot air setup (even a cheap one is fine)"
I got to be completely honest here what would anyone need that for? It's not like welding is it, where you got to preheat the metal for some components?
The reason why I haven't got into soldering yet, is every time I built some, I wanted to do more to it. That is the thing of being a student your always learning and always improving. But I should get more into it.
As for the arduino - anyone got a recommendation for actually kits?
Small precision flush side cutters - completely over looked, on my next order for the Hakko unit, I'll be sure to include it on my purchase.
And for the bread boards(In the storage unit) and BNC cable I do have them (the cables are plugged into the units).
Well thanks everybody for the feedback on this, it means a lot.