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Cleaning out rivet holes? and Fine beading tool?


Gazzas

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Hi Everyone,

 

Got my RB rivet tool a couple days ago and had a play with it on some spare plastic.  After making a few lines of rivets I tried to gently sand away the raised area around the new rivets.  Is there a way to ensure that they are all free of debris after sanding?

 

Also, is there a fine beading tool (or something else?) for those embossed rivets in this scale?

 

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

Gaz

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It may work to brush a quick very light coat of extra thin liquid cement over the rivets after sanding as is often the practice after rescribing panel lines - Experiment first, depending on how soft the plastic is or how ‘hot' the glue is any remaining sanding swarf should blend in.

 

Torben

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Hi,

 

Here's a reseller of beading tools but there are probably local ones in Australia...?

 

Hth

 

Thierry

But I don't know what I'm looking for.  Do beading tools come in sizes?  Which sizes work for 1/32 scale?  I'm completely new to this and I don't want to buy stuff that I won't use.

 

Gaz

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It may work to brush a quick very light coat of extra thin liquid cement over the rivets after sanding as is often the practice after rescribing panel lines - Experiment first, depending on how soft the plastic is or how ‘hot' the glue is any remaining sanding swarf should blend in.

 

Torben

Thank you for the tip.  I'll try it on a junk kit.  It seems to make sense in that it will smooth things out.

 

Gaz

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I'm having the same issues with the rivet holes on my 1/48 Hien build.  I've been using a stiff paint brush as the the holes are too small for a toothbrush.  Haven't tried the glue trick... kinda scared to cover the entire model with Tamiya Extra Thin!

 

I got a beading tool set like the one Mark pictured.  I got mine off of EBay.  Do a search on "beading tools".

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