This was the first set of nippers I got after realizing how much damage my old army painter nippers were doing to kits. I didn't want to go all the way to the $60 Godhands but I figured this would be a good substitute. Straight out of the box it was a night and day difference. There was a minor gap between the blades I had to adjust out with a small allen key and wrench. If your set is like this, take your time with the adustments and make sure you don't smash the blade against the flat side and dull the edge. While I've only used it on a few kits so far it took a bit of time to learn how to use them effectively. I tend to make my first set of cuts on the gates close to the runner and do an additional clean up cut or two closer to the part before sanding flush, and with how some parts are gated I didn't need to any sanding at all. Just make sure to follow the recommendations for use, on your final cut make sure the blade side is flush with the surface and slowly cut and trust the blade side's sharpness.

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I've used them for 9 Gundam kits, a couple were RGs but mostly HG. And countless Warhammer kits and quite a few resin models. Couldn't be happier with how they've held up. For the price, love em. Accidently cut a paperclip with them once. But no marks were left of the blades.

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