A thought about tweezers

Hi Guys,

Today I'm writing this post to speak about the importance of having the right tools for the right job.

As everything in life, you need the right tools for the right job, you don't see a farmer buying a seven seater to plow his land or a carpenter buying a screw driver to hammer his nails.

Scale modeling is no different from the examples above, although a bit more versatile but non the less, still need the right tools.

Today I'm going to talk you through the importance of having the right set of tweezers.

When I started on this hobby, I had no tools at all, so had to build up a vast array of tools in a short space of time, and in order to do that have resourced a lot to the Pound shop (Euro shop on the remaining Europe) to buy things like knifes and tweezers. Needless to say that they didn't last long. Although they would do the job but after a few times using it they would bend and when you would try to fit that small piece, they would grip as they should.

After a life long quest, I have come across a great set from Welsolo.

They come in set's of three.

The set includes one with flat ends, one fine straight tip and the third one is a fine curved tip. They are anti magnetic, anti static and anti acid stainless steel. They are very though and no matter what force you apply on holding the part the you need to put in place they will not bend.

Now let's see what each of them can do. The fine curved tip is essential for those remote places of very hard access. In the picture on the right, I have forgotten the control leaver on mine #Airfix 1/72 #scale Mustang so they have come handy to hold the part inside the cockpit to fit it in.

This fine straight tip, comes handy for the large areas. In this case, I was holding the wind scree for the #haltrack that I'm currently building. Usually this kind if tweezers have the tendency to twist and make your part fly across the living room becoming food for the carpet monster. This one and on the jobs I have done so far, hasn't failed me once and hope that carry's that way.

The flat end one, is that kind of tweezers that does more than one job. Can be used to hold parts in large areas but my favorite utilization for this one is on applying decals. Usually if you use one with a fine tip to straight that stubborn decal, you end it up messing it, either ripped or with a hole half way to it. This one have Large contact surface that allows you to grip the decal and readjust it as you like it without the risk of damaging it. I have been using this one to do my decals on my #172scale #Spitfire and so far has been working a treat.

Although, not part of this set, another great addition to your portfolio of tools, would be this spring loaded type of tweezers. This one's come handy when you need to hold something for a while, this way, the spring will do the hard work for you and you will not have the need to keep pressing the tweezers for long.

Conclusion:

This is a must have on your bench, I know that some modelers will still arguing tha they can get cheaper generic ones, but remember the saying, "Buy cheap, buys twice"

I do genuinely believe that this will add value to your bench and will save you of those times stressing out to hold the piece in place to glue.

So far have used and abused of this set and they are still going strong with no damage to the tips what so ever, still holding the grip tight and ends still meeting nicely.

If you want to buy a set like this one, you can find it on the link below.

https://bartsharpairbrush.co.uk/product/model-esd-tweezers-welsolo-3-set/?ref=Nu

Hope you find this piece of text useful and that can give you some guidance when buying tweezers for your bench.

See you all soon.

Plastic Alchemist