New modeler's plane

Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

New modeler's plane

Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 9:36 AM

I lost my good X-acto plane awhile ago. That model seems to have been dropped and replaced by a plastic bodied plane, which I find not so good. So I was looking for a better plane. I noticed too, that the plastic bodied plane is only available now as part of a set, not seperately.

After a google search for modeler's plane with no luck, I tried miniature plane and found one on Amazon. Sent for it, and tried it, and it works fine.

Sorry about the poor picture. No brand name on the package, only a logo with SE on it. The model number on the packaging is TP70300.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Tanker - Builder

Member since
June 2014
From: New Braunfels , Texas

Posted by Tanker - Builder on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 2:59 PM

Don ;

I got a plane from a Micro-Scale Catalogue .It was metal , but it was some years back . T.B.

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ejhammer

Member since
May 2008
From: Wyoming Michigan

Posted by ejhammer on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 6:49 PM

Micro Mark has one. All steel. Looks like the Xacto/Stanley #101P (13-101A0, but probably from China or someplace. Don, yours looks like it's cast metal? Should have a good "feel" in your hand.

http://www.micromark.com/Mini-Wood-Plane

Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.

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mrmike

Member since
November 2008
From: Far Northern CA

Posted by mrmike on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 7:48 PM

For the affluent modeler (not me) here's a jewel of a block plane. This brand is well known among woodworkers who prize high quality hand tools.

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=70138&cat=1,41182,48942

Mike

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ejhammer

Member since
May 2008
From: Wyoming Michigan

Posted by ejhammer on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 9:02 PM

Wow, lots of quality stuff in the tool catalog, for modelers and woodworkers with deep pockets, but very good quality. EJ

Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.

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ejhammer

Member since
May 2008
From: Wyoming Michigan

Posted by ejhammer on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 7:28 AM

This is the same plane sold in the Xacto kits a few years back, except has a black finish instead of chrome.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002X1ZC/ref=dra_a_ms_mr_hn_xx_P1250_1000?tag=dradisplay-20&ascsubtag=fdf7a4417d92b0373b330c6c3182ab71_S

Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.