JP Morgan
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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
Glad to help a friend and any others looking to do it yourself!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
Simulated vinyl rivets...I'm not understanding how you are making rivets.:confused2:
I do now.thanks.Simulated vinyl rivets...
Use the case as a punch.
Do you understand the description I gave?
JP
You're welcome.I do now.thanks.
That's Awsome right there!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.
I'd like to see some examples of your rivets after paint. Any pics?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.
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.
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