Insane mad, or insane crazy 'Rivets' - Page 2

kevingambrell · 15-09-2007

Costly I know that one, My engine has used close to a thousand to date all hand set with a pair of dollies.

Cheers kevin

fooman2008 · 6 Days Ago

Try just a simple syringe with a little white glue in it (works for about 90% of the scale aircraft guys) a lot simpler than putting thousand of hole in a boat!

Sky Raider · 2 Days Ago

I picked up a tip for riviting from Dave Platt from one of his DVD's. He uses a thick glue like PVA and mixes a little water with it so that he can get a flow through a very fine needle tube that come out just the right thickness and then just dabbs along the line completing 2 rivits a second. Once painted you cant tell the difference. I intend to use this techneque on the 1/8th Thunderbird that i am building at the moment.

don_jarr · 1 Day Ago

Hi all

Since doing that I had found the dobbing of fibreglass gelcoat works a treat. A bit of wire with the end rounded off and dob it in the gelcoat then onto the model and you get a uniform rivet head each time. Infinitely quicker that the nails, but we live and learn.

Saying that the nails do give a far more realistic overall finish especially on a boat, as rub then with fine sandpaper and they rust and leave run lines perfectly over time.

Don