Part uh er.. parts

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all; I found a shot of the Part N28 fret when I was working on the Roden kit. An interesting side note is I tried the finished plastic Roden cockpit in the old Aurora/ Glencos fuselage and with minor trimming it fits very well.

[melsharkskin]

As it happens, I'm in the midst of a PE how-to and how-come article for my editor now (it's only about two months over deadline, which is pretty good for me). But the best part has been getting to try out all these tools for bending, folding, curving and curling. IMHO, Hold & Fold is the hands-down winner on all counts. Their tool for making round bends and cylindrical parts, the Brass Assist, is outstanding, and their little 2-inch "Bug" folding tool, I find, is the most useful of all the tools I've used so far for handling PE parts. Those of us who model aircraft in 1/72-1/32 don't need big folding tools that cost a small fortune. And even better, the four-sided Bug is also the least expensive of the folding tools, though I haven't tried the plastic one I've heard about. Oh, and despite what you might have heard or assumed from the marketing campaigns, Hold and Fold was the original. The Etchmate's folding tools are nice, though expensive, as are most of these things. However, for making curves and cylinders, especially small ones like cooling jackets, the same company's Multi-Tool is just not in the same league as the Hold and Fold Brass Assist.
TOM

[StephenLawson]

Greetings all; This looks promising.
NuthinbutPE