discussion Photo Etch folding

[Gwyn]

What do people recommend as a PE bending tool. John seems to have a range of plyers to bending tools from about £23 to nearly £60. I have recently bought a PE kit for a Tamiya beaufighter kit that I have in my stash. I expect to use PE in the future but not a great deal. Thanks in advance for the usual good advice on this forum.  Gwyn.

 

[colin m]

I bought mine from John, I can't remember which one it is but cost about £30.00    Sure you might not use it much, but it's a great thing to have as it makes nice tight bends.

 

[John]

The hold n folds are a very well machined tool, like Colin said you won't use it much, but you will never need to buy another

 

[Gwyn]

Thanks for that Colin and John, how often do you need one of the larger machines?

 

[John]

The Bug (SMS002) should be fine for most things, the 5.5 and 8" are more for things like long rails on ships etc, most PE parts you will use on 1/35,48,72 will be small so you won't need the length. 

 

[Guest]

Here is my one. I think it is the Medium one. It is brilliant for Aircraft modellers, and it is only suitable for 1/48-1/24, and it works beaut for me as I only model 1/32 and 1/48 WW2 Aircraft


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