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Hello Masters of the workbench

 

Endless question...to be or not to be ...quis sum ego ubi sum ego vado...etc..

 

What is your preferite way to realize this (censored) line of rivets? (The victim is german, nighfighter, two engine and is spelled like a famous glue in french)

 

I am absolutly not convinced by the work of the rivet engraving tools wheels...like kind of notch...

 

And still the answer of the size in 32....0,3mm, 0,2?

 

No other solution in 2025?

 

Amities

 

Fab

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I personally think a jewelry beading tool results in the most realistic looking. It produces a small indented ring which looks very convincing. I have seen some builds where the builder used spacing templates and a beading tool on a whole 1:32 build. It just takes an insane amount of time due to the fact that one has to punch out each rivet one at a time. 
 

I have never tried it on a whole model as I use a Galaxy Tools Rivet Wheel to save precious hobby time. :lol:

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You're right, it'is not only a question of accuracy but to save time...

 

I agree with the use of beading tools...best way...but I ve never find rules to work with...

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Ahin ahin...merci Thierry

 

I ve got the tool from a jeweler but not the rule ...

And what do you thing about a solution as line of hole (as an industrial Trumpy)?

 

I find the (ex) Archer too expensive... no way...

thierry laurent

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9 hours ago, fab said:

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=875

 

20 years later...:whistle:

I have one. Got it a loooong time ago. I quickly realized it simply makes round circles. There is an easy way to create some similar tools oneself (I did that more than 30 years ago!): use a  short section from hypodermic needles with a cut and sanded end in a pin vice. The best parts of the approach: very cheap, unlimited source of replacement ends and variety of diameters!

 

With regard to rivets, there is no unique solution. Quite often I'm thinking that a combination of tools is the best approach but I'm not anymore considering the need to rivet fully a kit as a must have. Riveting LSP surfaces looks to be a side-effect of the so-called Spanish school trend that used to emphasize plane features with lighter paint and pin washes to bring life to surfaces. There is no doubt this improved the 'visual interest' of a flat surface such as an upper wing but finally, if aesthetically pleasant, this was not really accurate! I think that relying on paint variations with masks and fractal effects in paints gives a more realistic result. And when mastered this does not ask for 'rivets' anymore to bring life. So, to me, in the end, this goes down to: were rivets really visible? After years of study of pictures of tons of airframes, I have to conclude that except on NMF airframes this is quite rare and if visible this is quite often limited in specific areas with specific lighting conditions. So I'm not convinced I will again fully rivet a full scale WW2 kit. Last, I fully riveted an Hasegawa G6 with a beading tool. This took ages and finally even if the effect looked very good and far better than the classical divots, I thought this was too visible...!

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Doing them individually yields amazing individual rivets, but it’s very hard to get them all lined up correctly, spacing etc 

 

I am surprised that no-one has made a rivet wheel but with each ‘point’ on the wheel like Bob / MDC’s tool

 

do that, and you have winner

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