| Cacique Caribe | 04 Mar 2014 7:05 a.m. PST |
How small would they need to be? Would 2mm work?
auction auction Just wondering. Thanks, Dan |
| Mad Mecha Guy | 04 Mar 2014 7:20 a.m. PST |
Another option is to use a leather punch, to punch out of plasticard. Regards MMG. |
| elsyrsyn | 04 Mar 2014 7:22 a.m. PST |
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| TK 421 | 04 Mar 2014 7:24 a.m. PST |
2mm is quite a big rivet for 15mm scale. You can use them for larger items.That's large even for 1/35. I would go with Mad Mecha Guy's suggestion for smaller ones. |
| haywire | 04 Mar 2014 7:31 a.m. PST |
Those are awesome! Thanks CC! But I agree that 2mm is big for 15mm. You are talking about a 200mm or 8" Rivet Head. |
 Saber6   | 04 Mar 2014 7:56 a.m. PST |
2mm works out to be @ 20cm in scale. BIG rivet |
| Yesthatphil | 04 Mar 2014 8:14 a.m. PST |
In 15mm I just use droplets of PVA …
But for 1:76 collector type stuff there is a blog article out there somewhere recommending you crack open a cheap water filter cartridge yielding thousands of microspheres. Drill an even line of .8 recesses, then glue the little balls in. The results are superb (wish I had time to research you a link – but if interested it is out there). If I was working in a bigger scale I might give something like that a go … Phil
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| Cacique Caribe | 04 Mar 2014 8:27 a.m. PST |
Phil, Wow! Let me Google "rivets water filter models" to see what comes up. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 04 Mar 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
Is this the article? link Or this one? link Dan |
| Yesthatphil | 04 Mar 2014 8:37 a.m. PST |
No – it was a historical models one … but the idea is the same  Phil |
| AWuuuu | 04 Mar 2014 8:40 a.m. PST |
2mm makes giant ones. veriy nice artillery car Yesthatphil !! What kind of water filter we are talking about ? I did mine by pounching back of the plasticard and by gluing a smal pieces of plastic rod. Punching is better method but its hardly wisible on this bad photo..
Glued add ons are on the front wall of the turret, punched on the side , and on the rest of the wagon. |
| Cacique Caribe | 04 Mar 2014 8:54 a.m. PST |
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 x42brown | 04 Mar 2014 9:03 a.m. PST |
0.6mm would be nearly two and a half inch to scale still big but possible for large constructions. x42 |
| Yesthatphil | 04 Mar 2014 10:01 a.m. PST |
Here's the article I was remembering … link An armoured rail car – so what's not to like, even if the rivet technique requires some dedication Phil |
| PSCsthebest | 04 Mar 2014 10:17 a.m. PST |
This is great , now I have no excuse not to start on converting my 15mm 38t's into Grilles! |
 etotheipi  | 04 Mar 2014 10:34 a.m. PST |
Or droplets of glue. Liquid latex works well, too. It usually comes with a fine tip applicator. |
| zrunelord | 04 Mar 2014 10:34 a.m. PST |
Imho Pva glue is the best medium I found to make rivets,it has to be the consistency of condensed milk so that it can hold its shape.Having said that it is not as accurate as punches & blobs do not always come the same shape , still at 15mm who is going to notice ? It is fast whilst punching is tedious See my blog to see what I mean castrarunis.blogspot.com Oh ,another thing you can use is the smallest gauge of shot ( as used in shotguns) this can easily be flattened with the end of a tweezers & glued. Again a tedious job Z |
| DyeHard | 04 Mar 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
Here is another very good way to get rivets: link Basically, a decal with 3-D bumps in regular size and pattern.
Applied like any water-slide type decal. |
| tsofian | 04 Mar 2014 6:22 p.m. PST |
Or bridge parts from Micro Engineering link And I used a number of their products on this model link |
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