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- From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
- Subject: Re: SCALE RIVITS????
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.075843.22526@rtsg.mot.com>
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- References: <6880007@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:58:43 GMT
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- In article <6880007@hpindda.cup.hp.com> chrisd@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Chris Douglas) writes:
- |
- |For scale modeling, how do you simulate rivits? Specifically, I plan
- |on doing some WWII fighter. I don't want "stand off" scale rivits.
- |I'm more intrested in something that really looks like rivits.
-
- No, no, the Rivets was a pre-WWII racing plane...
-
- Oh, you meant those little fastener thingys... NEVER MIND!
-
- Be aware that many WWII planes had flush rivets, so you may not want
- to take the advice I'm about to give. Get documentation, before playing.
-
- You can make nice scale round-head rivets by taking a syringe with needle
- (obtaining this is left to the imagination--my father is a retired dentist :-)
- filled with aliphatic resin, or even white glue. Practice on a scrap peice of
- plywood (don't use raw balsa--the glue soaks in too much) until you can get
- nice little dollops of glue, scale in size. The smaller the rivets you want,
- the thinner the glue must be (you can thin aliphatic with water, thicken it
- by freezing). Now, *after base finishing*, draw a straight line along the
- rivet line (very lightly) with a pencil. I just apply the rivets by hand,
- using small penciled hash marks to get them even. It helps a lot if you
- get some *good* scale documentation on your subject, to get the size and
- pattern of rivets. Often, several sizes of rivets were used on a given
- surface. Anyway, after you finish dolloping on all the rivets you want, and
- carefully removing and replacing the ones you screwed up :-), let the whole
- thing set overnight. In the morning, take a small eraser and take off all
- the little pencil lines. Then use your favorite paint, and there you go.
-
- Dave Svoboda, Palatine, IL
-