VintageEagle Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Hello, I wanted to start riveting my Revell Fw 190 F-8 using the MDC riveting bead tool and template. But they only provide one template with a certain tooth distance. Their 1/48 template has a too small tooth distance (ca 0.75mm) and the 1/32 too large (ca 1mm). I would probably need something in between that if I compare with wartime photos. Is there any other template available other than the MDC that offers tooth distances of ca 0.8-0.9mm? I don't feel confident enough to do it free hand. Thanks Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 The only similar set I know was produced by Hasegawa in their Tritools series some years ago. Unfortunately, it looks like the straigth rules set is unavailable whereas the curved ones are still in stock here and there. Hth Thierry VintageEagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Another option: use a permanent ink fine tip marker to do regularly spaced marks with a rule on a Dymo strip and use it as a guide! VintageEagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=PE%20TEZ031 These are nice i have a couple of their tool too great stuff VintageEagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waroff Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 For straight rivet lines, you can use a metal saw blade 12 teeth per cm, you will obtain a 0,83mm pitch. you will have a better guide with saw blade than the P.E. rules. VintageEagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageEagle Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Thank you all for your help and ideas. I liked the idea with the saw blade and found that RBProductions 'Rapid-Cut' saw blade has exactly 12 teeth per cm. I have ordered one and will see how the results look like. The 'Buck-Saw' has much longer blades at 24 teeth per cm. So, theoretically this would work as well using just every second tooth. But I don't know if the spacing of the teeth is too small for the beading tool I use for riveting. Will know soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just an FYI , the straight tool is back : https://hlj.com/product/HSGTL12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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