Curved Tip Model Tweezers

What the tool is for

Tweezers are the tool you reach for most often at a modeling bench. Small parts, photo-etched items, decals, figure equipment or instrument placards cannot be gripped with your fingers, and even if they could, grease would stay on them and later give itself away under the paint. These tweezers have a curved tip, that is one bent in an arc to one side.

Why a curved tip

Straight tweezers point where your hand points, and your hand meanwhile blocks your view. A curved tip lets you hold the tool from the side or from above while keeping the place of the grip in sight. Anyone who inserts a part into the depth of a cockpit, between bulkheads already glued in place or into the space of a landing gear bay, where straight tweezers run into the surrounding walls, will appreciate it.

How to handle the tweezers

Do not use them as a lever or on hard material. The tips will part, and parted tweezers will no longer hold a small part because they miss each other. Do not overstrain the arms unnecessarily and after work put the tool down loose, not pressed under something heavy. Keep the tips clean; dried super glue will stick them together and breaking them apart is then possible only at the cost of damage. Mind dropping them on the floor too, as a bent tip is very hard to straighten. When working with sprung parts, keep your other hand under the tweezers, otherwise the item will shoot away and you will find it only when tidying up.

Terms of supply

The tool is supplied on its own. Models, parts and other tools are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.