6x Hook and Pick tool Set

A set of six hooks and picks

There are a number of jobs on a modeling bench for which no tool is specifically made and which still come up again and again: scraping dried glue out of a joint, pulling out a part that has fallen inside a fuselage, cleaning out a drilled hole, holding a wire while gluing, removing excess putty from engraved detail or moving a decal you cannot reach with a finger. A set of six hooks and picks with differently shaped and bent tips covers exactly these situations. They are tools you do not buy for one particular job, but then find you reach for them all the time.

Use

• Choose the tip according to the angle from which you can reach the spot, not according to its size.
• Work carefully on painted surfaces, as a sharp tip easily digs through the finish.
• When pulling a small part out of an enclosed space, work over a tray.
• Scrape dried glue away in layers, not with one heavy stroke.
• Clean the tips after work and put the tools down so that they do not knock against anything.
• Do not use them for prying, as a thin tip bends and stops holding its direction.

Who it is for

The set suits anyone who builds models regularly, and especially anyone who works with putties, photo-etch and resin. It is not equipment without which you cannot build, but it belongs among the tools you buy once and then cannot understand how you managed before. They take up little space on the bench and replace improvising with a needle or a bent paper clip.

The tools have sharp tips. Store them out of the reach of children and put them down with the tip facing away from you.