The Army Painter TL5032P | Precision Side Cutter - Flush Sprue Cutter | Multi Scale

The right way off the sprue: a flush-cutting side cutter leaves a clean, flat cut face instead of the stress-whitened stub you get from twisting or scissors. Stainless steel with a safety grip, it's built for the small precise cuts kit modeling demands — structure kit parts, detail castings, ladders and railings that snap if you look at them wrong.

Finish the job with the Hobby Knife and Model Files for invisible sprue-gate cleanup.

• Flush flat-side blade: face it against the part for a cut that needs almost no cleanup.
• Stainless steel jaws stay sharp through boxes of building kits.
• Safety-grip handles give controlled pressure for delicate parts — ladders, grab irons, antennas.
• Handles styrene sprues, resin pour stubs, and soft metal castings.
• Spares your hobby knife blades for the finishing passes.

How is this different from wire cutters?
One side of the blade is dead flat, so the cut face sits flush with the part — general-purpose cutters leave a pinched ridge you then have to sand off.

Which side faces the part?
The flat side. Cut a hair proud on delicate parts and shave the last bit with a hobby knife.

Will it cut metal?
Soft metals (white metal castings, thin brass wire) yes; hardened steel like piano wire, no — that ruins the edge.