Availability: In Stock with Model Design Construction (MDC)
Cost: £9.50
I don’t know about you, but I am now asking my grown up kids or even my wife to open anything these days as my frailness is advancing even quicker than my years!
This is affecting my modelling as the traditional paint jars that I use which include Tamiya, Mr Color, Mr Metal and other jars of similar ilk, are even from new increasingly hard to undo. This is worsened if, like me, you get careless with the paint and effectively glue the lids on! (…to the screw thread on the inside of the lid and top of the jar).
The choice up to now was to get the kids to undo it or, in frustration, not use it and buy another.
Until now!
MDC…
Cue the arrival of Bob from MDC at my Model Club meeting last week, where he gave a fabulous demonstration of resin moulding (thanks, Bob).
He was also kind enough to bring along a range of his stock, including this funny looking product, which is one – trust me – that once you have, you will never want to be without!
The box is all in Japanese (hence I translated Jar Opener into Japanese for the headline here, clever chap that I am) contains a spanner like yellow plastic tool and a soft rubber sheath.
They need no instructions (well, Geoff excluded of course). You can use the sheath simply to gain extra grip and spin off the lid: awesome.
Or, for the tighter jars, use the spanner to get additional leverage and twist it off using that (the ends fit all paint jars so it’s a universal fit but do try each end to get the best fit).
Finally, there’s also a slot beneath the spanner handle to open the mister metal jars…..fabulous stuff it is too and huge credit goes out to MDC.
So, there you go a genuinely MUST HAVE product and at £9.50 good value.
Highly recommended.
Les V.