The Tool Shed - 1
Tweezers might be one of
the smallest tools we use
but it is also one of the
most important ...
by Jack Burgess
I
’ve never counted the number of modeling tools I own,
nor how much I’ve spent on tools over the years. But both
numbers might be higher than I think. However, the most
important tool in my tool box is my tweezers.
When I first started building structures and freight cars back in
1965, I was most likely using the same tweezers I had used to
build plastic airplane kits in my youth. At least I don’t remem-
ber buying new tools just because I switched from airplanes
to freight cars. In those days my tweezers probably came from
the Sears store, since their Craftsman tools were considered as
good as you could buy and, as I recall, my hobby shop didn’t
carry tools.
Fortunately, soon after I started model building in those early
years, I got introduced to some very skilled modelers in the
San Francisco Bay Area. These modelers, such as Bob Brown
(now editor of the
Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette)
and
Gordon Cannon (who later founded Cannon & Company which
produced diesel detail parts), were building highly-detailed
Tweezers
MRH-Feb 2013
