Alligator clips

[jdcar32]

Radio shack can be a source of scratch building odds and ends, wire, solder, etc. But they also have the small ( about an inch long ) elecrtrical alligator clips that are great for fixturing parts or painting parts. They come several in a pack and they are a cheap, useful, tool. The tips are easily bent to conform to round or flat parts, or to pinch .

Edited June 2, 2012 by jdcar32

[Foxer]

Excellent tip. I tape or epoxy these to lengths of sprue that are clipped off the tree with a hook at the other end for hanging as the paint dries.

[Skip]

Got a bunch of cheapies crimped onto bamboo skewers. Work great for holding parts while painting.

[retroguy]

alligator clips are great,I get mine from michaels and you get bunch for the price...

Edited June 3, 2012 by retroguy

[Dr. Cranky]

Got a bunch of cheapies crimped onto bamboo skewers. Work great for holding parts while painting.

Skip, that's exactly I do mine. They work very well indeed.

[CadillacPat]

Alligator Clips are one of the items all Modelers begin using early on in their Hobby.

My DieCast Paint Stands began with the simple Alligator Clip but quickly morphed into a variety of ways to hold DieCast of all scales.

CadillacPat

[Steven Zimmerman]

Won't restrain an alligator well, tho.....

[Quintillus]

I have a bunch of these crimped onto 12 AWG solid wire, which is then coiled into a stand. It means they are freestanding, and I can just bend them up or down to balance whatever I'm working with. I also have slipped small pieces of plastic tubing (aquarium airline tubing) over the ends to keep the teeth from digging in.