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A few new additions to the tool box...

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A few new additions to the tool box...
Posted by sf_plane_nut on Thursday, February 4, 2010 8:32 PM

I have been looking to pick up these for a while..finally found them at a good price...

Got the mission models micro-chisel and the scribing set along with the 1mm tip set...

Finally got my micro-mark punch-set...had to send one back to get a replacement and they were great about it...nice and fast...no questions...

Flexi-file..i tried to make one out of a coat hanger but could never get the tension right...should really help when sanding a fuselage seam...which i will be doing here soon...

Made a little case with some padding...And everything actually fit!...i was amazed with myself...

  • Member since
    February 2010
  • From: Maine
Posted by Stage_Left on Thursday, February 4, 2010 8:59 PM

Good stuff.....I bet the flexi-file will be really handy. I bought the Waldron punch set a couple years ago from Roll Models, but haven't had the chance to use it yet. This country's economy goes through cycles faster than my build completion rate, but at least I have the ideas in my head.....

Dave

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    August 2015
Posted by sf_plane_nut on Friday, February 5, 2010 6:41 PM

Ideas are what its all about...i have been having all kinds of new ones lately...i used to look at things people scratchbuild and have no idea how they would do it...no i am looking and figuring out how easy it is...or not...

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:45 PM

Good stuff there Dave.

I have four of the Flexi-Files so I can have a different grit on each one and just grab it and use it.

Not that much trouble to just change sanding strips but I bought these four years ago.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by sf_plane_nut on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 PM

All i can say is i love it...recently worked on the flaps for my f4u-1 and the tops came out nice..round and smooth...cant wait to use it on the fuselage...thats where i usually have problems not flattening things out...

  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Virginia
Posted by gbuesche on Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:27 PM

Where did you get the Mission Models chisel set?  My wife tried to get one for me for my birthday last year but gave up when Mission Models never returned her e-mails (the site was only accepting back orders and she didn't want to send money without knowing when to expect it).  Neither did any other (known-to-be-reputable) sites have any in-stock.

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    August 2015
Posted by sf_plane_nut on Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:35 PM

I got it at Burbanks house of hobbies...good prices on all the mission models stuff...check them out...very helpful bunch..

http://www.houseofhobbies.com/

  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Virginia
Posted by gbuesche on Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:59 PM

Ordered!  Thanks!

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    January 2007
Posted by Gigatron on Monday, March 22, 2010 2:33 PM

If I can offer a helpful hint, toss the handles for the chisel in a draw and get yourself a pin vise.  The chisels are great, the handle is useless.  The set screw strips out after 2 or 3 blade changes and becomes completely worthless.

I have both the chisel and the scriber.  I have 2 handles and 4 stripped set screws that I have no use for.  I got a second pin vise (can never have too many mini drill bits), and just chuck the chisel or scriber in that handle.  Works a thousand times better.

-Fred

 

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