I lost my good X-acto plane awhile ago. That model seems to have been dropped and replaced by a plastic bodied plane, which I find not so good. So I was looking for a better plane. I noticed too, that the plastic bodied plane is only available now as part of a set, not seperately.
After a google search for modeler’s plane with no luck, I tried miniature plane and found one on Amazon. Sent for it, and tried it, and it works fine.
Sorry about the poor picture. No brand name on the package, only a logo with SE on it. The model number on the packaging is TP70300.
Don ;
I got a plane from a Micro-Scale Catalogue .It was metal , but it was some years back . T.B.
Micro Mark has one. All steel. Looks like the Xacto/Stanley #101P (13-101A0, but probably from China or someplace. Don, yours looks like it’s cast metal? Should have a good “feel” in your hand.
http://www.micromark.com/Mini-Wood-Plane
For the affluent modeler (not me) here’s a jewel of a block plane. This brand is well known among woodworkers who prize high quality hand tools.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=70138&cat=1,41182,48942
Mike
Wow, lots of quality stuff in the tool catalog, for modelers and woodworkers with deep pockets, but very good quality. EJ
