How do you make your own circles and rivets?

[JP Morgan]

One way I use for Monocoat trim sheets or vinyl is brass cartridges, sharpened
with the case de-burring tool that goes along with hand loading.
I suppose you could also go smaller with brass tubing from your local Ace Hardware
and use your Exacto knife to trim the inside to a sharp edge.


JP

 

[sandman]

That's an old model airplane trick for lightening parts.

For larger holes use sharpened copper tube.

 

[sodmeister]

One way I use for Monocoat trim sheets or vinyl is brass cartridges, sharpened
with the case de-burring tool that goes along with hand loading.
I suppose you could also go smaller with brass tubing from your local Ace Hardware
and use your Exacto knife to trim the inside to a sharp edge.
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JP

Now that`s a great idea, never thought of that.

Thanks ,I`ll need to use that idea.

Paul T

 

[JP Morgan]

Now that`s a great idea, never thought of that.

Thanks ,I`ll need to use that idea.

Paul T

Glad to help a friend and any others looking to do it yourself!
It came to me the other night when I wanted to do the circle cuts on the Bull Pup fins. I used a 45 auto then a 9mm and cut that in half and it gave me the look of the gap for the steering look area.

JP

 

[burnout]

I'm not understanding how you are making rivets.:confused2:

 

[sodmeister]

Glad to help a friend and any others looking to do it yourself!
It came to me the other night when I wanted to do the circle cuts on the Bull Pup fins. I used a 45 auto then a 9mm and cut that in half and it gave me the look of the gap for the steering look area.

JP

Ah yes ,I was wondering how you made those nice circles for the fins ,very good idea :handshake:


Paul T

 

[JP Morgan]

I'm not understanding how you are making rivets.:confused2:

Simulated vinyl rivets...
Use the case as a punch.

Do you understand the description I gave?

JP

 

[burnout]

Simulated vinyl rivets...
Use the case as a punch.

Do you understand the description I gave?

JP

I do now.thanks.

 

[JP Morgan]

I do now.thanks.

You're welcome.
Check out sodmeister's rockets. He's the Pro at Detail work for simulating screws, rivets, etc..

JP

 

[Micromeister]

works with CA soaked and sharpened cardboard and phenolic body tubes also. just place, press and 1/4turn on most Monocote and adhesive backed vinyls. resharpen when dull or drags on vinyl with 320 grit sandpaper.

 

[JordanT]

Individual pieces? Yikes. I just fire up cad and print off a sheet of clear waterslide, hit it with acrylic spray paint, and cut 'em into strips. Can't make 'em look metallic that way, though.

FYI, you can get some cool lifting rings and other surface components from the CAD files at McMaster...

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[aditat2]

Another way to do rivets is to order this stuff from Micro-Mark:
https://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html
they are available in both HO and O scale so the sizes can be varied. Great stuff.

 

[JP Morgan]

Another way to do rivets is to order this stuff from Micro-Mark:
https://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html
they are available in both HO and O scale so the sizes can be varied. Great stuff.

That's Awsome right there!

JP

 

[GregGleason]

Another "riveting" account in the art of scale building:

https://www.tompierce.net/SBD/html/paint/rivets.htm

Greg

 

[Micromeister]

Another way to do rivets raised or recessed depending on which way the panels are attached is with .010" styrene or polycarbonate and pounce wheels.
I've used this technique on models down to BT-20 with decent results.

Agree the Micro-Mark HO & O scale raised rivet decal paper are truely a god send for customizing sport flying models.

 

[burnout]

Another way to do rivets raised or recessed depending on which way the panels are attached is with .010" styrene or polycarbonate and pounce wheels.
I've used this technique on models down to BT-20 with decent results.

Agree the Micro-Mark HO & O scale raised rivet decal paper are truely a god send for customizing sport flying models.

I'd like to see some examples of your rivets after paint. Any pics?

 

[Micromeister]

I'd like to see some examples of your rivets after paint. Any pics?

Most recent models I can think of.

 

[BEAR]

A couple of things I have done in the past for those details are to use the heads of pins if they are raised head rivets. I took wire cutters and cut the shank of the pin off at about 1/8" and then drilled a small hole and pushed the head of the pin into the rocket until it stopped. I think I did that once on the fin detail on an IQSY Tomahawk. On a D Region Tomahawk, I went to a jewelers supply and purchase some really small jewelers screws and used those for detail around the payload bay. (now days, I buy them from www.riogrande.com) I have also seen scale builders go to the fabric shops like Jo-Ann's and get a wheel marker that has a bunch of teeth on it, (like a fine toothed gear an inch in diameter with 80-100 teeth) and roll that on the painted rocket and it give the impression of rivets or screws.
I hope that helps,
BEAR

 

[FatBoy]

The little dark grey Semroc Triton has the 3D rivets from Micro Mark. The gold FlisKits ACME Spitfire was rivets made from gluing on round sticker dots i found at Michaels and some of the smaller ones are glue dots.

 

[sodmeister]

The little dark grey Semroc Triton has the 3D rivets from Micro Mark. The gold FlisKits ACME Spitfire was rivets made from gluing on round sticker dots i found at Michaels and some of the smaller ones are glue dots.

I still think that "steam punk" is one of the cooler rockets I`ve seen around !!

Always nice to see that one !!

Paul t