A day at the seaside and that is a strange looking tool!

The past few days have been a bit of an extended birthday holiday for me with quite a few trips out with Mrs. Woody but little time for model making. Things return to the more hum drum tomorrow but we did have a great day out today at the seaside at Skegness or as it is sometimes known Skeg Vegas!

Whilst it may not be Las Vagas it was certainly hot and sunny today and this is September in the UK!

Hot weather calls for ice-cream which was enjoyed by both Mrs. W and me but I have never seen dog ice-cream before now!

Before heading back to WMD HQ we came across this small classic car show. A real mixture with an old Austin and a more modern Porsche at either end of the spectrum! Nice to see though although I think Mrs. W thought I had spent too much time looking!

I did have time to have venture out to the Man Cave and unpack this rather strange looking tool which was a birthday present to myself

The description on the packaging gives it away but this is something I have been meaning to buy for some while now. For anyone reading my posts on building military vehicles they will have gathered I have a love hate relationship with etched parts for these kits. On the one hand they can look very fine and detailed but in the other they are incredibly difficult to bend to the right shapes. This tool should make that easier.

The light grey part is held to the darker coloured base by the black knob. The light grey part has various cut outs and shaped 'fingers' that allow the etched brass parts to be held firm at the point where they are to be bent once inserted between the light grey part and the base - the black knob tightens the two together. The white coloured parts are thin plastic shims that slip under the fastened etch part and enable the part to be levered up so that it bends. 

Probably not the best description of how it is used so when I use it for real, rather then just posing some etched parts at the side of it, I will photo the process. 

The photo below just shows that the top part of the tool can be rotated four ways making it very versatile. 

There are some etched parts on the Panzer Ferry that will need bending so this tool may well be seeing action soon!