Great little tool for removing raised details
without harming the surrounding surface
Cons
MSRP (USD)
$14.99
Mission Models has an interesting tool line that turns out specialized
items for the modeler. The Micro-Chisel is definitely one of them!
This tool is about the size of an X-Acto knife and is solid steel.
Near the tip is a foam grip that provides a very comfortable hold
point for your fingers.
At the business end of this tool is a removable tip that is held
in-place with an Allen screw. What comes with this tool is a VERY
sharp 2mm chisel tip that appears like the end of a jeweler's flat-head
screw driver - appear is the operative word here. This is definitely
a sharp micro chisel.
I was curious what this micro-chisel could do and I just happened
to have a job to try it on. I was working on the Accurate Miniatures'
1/48 Helldiver kit which is the Revell Pro-Modeler kit in a different
box. If it is a Revell kit, you can count on Copyright data molded
somewhere on the model and on this kit, it was molded as raised
letters on one of the horizontal stabilizer halves. I carefully
tried out the chisel and found that the tip easily cut away the
raised details without harming the surface of the styrene. Nice!
All that remains to do is buff the surface smooth.
I can
see where this will be handy removing poorly molded bolt heads
and rivets on armor and aircraft without risking the removal of
details that you want to retain. If you're a modeler that likes
to have the proper tool for the right job, you'll wonder how you
lived without this one!
Mission Models also has separate replacement tip sets for the
Micro-Chisel that add additional versatility. One set contains
replacement 2mm tips for the Micro-Chisel, and the set in the photo
above is MM10 that contains 1mm chisel tips of various shapes.
The set also includes an Allen wrench and spare set screw in case
you wear out the one in the tool.
After using the tool, I was sold. I ordered another so I can have
two different tips online at any given time. Mission Models has
a hit with this one!
Definitely recommended!
My sincere thanks to Mission
Models and the DLV Company for this review sample!
