Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Hi everyone. I am trying to resolve an issue with regard to rivets. I need quite a few 100 really small rivets and they are aesthetic only not functional. There seems to be several routes to this resolution. 1/ buy 1000 really small re its to BS641 with a shank diameter of 1/32” x 3mm long (don’t you just love this metric/imperial world we work in) with a dome head in brass. issue- cost, weight and fixing issue. 2/ buy a 3D template or file from the ‘tank and military hobbyists’ issue- where can I get this file printed in a quantity that still makes it worth while. issue resolved - plastic bits while be lighter than brass, easier to glue and not tarnish or blemish the paint. Anyone used a 3D printing service for modeller's rather than professional 3D printing services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Mushroom head or flat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucksboy Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I’ve no personal knowledge but I’ve seen on YouTube, modellers using 3d decals. Various scales appear on sale and they are applied like ordinary decals but these are in long lines, saving you adding them individually. Sorry if I can’t give you trade names or UK suppliers but I’m just alerting you to the fact these things exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Ron Gray said: Mushroom head or flat? Mushroom heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 My question was a bit irrelevant really as at those sizes you can't really see the difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 Yes I guess there is tiny and then really tiny. But the devil is in the detail and there are a lot of rivets on these floats I am building. Thing is I know nothing about 3D printing or printers. The file that I can get is an SKU file, printing 250 rivets at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Have you tried PVA droplets either from a syringe or a series of pins in a stick dipped, to speed up the processes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 When I read the title I thought you meant this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 The domed rivets here are pva from squeezed from a small dropper bottle. The model is near enough 1/5th and the sizing is pretty good. If your model is smaller you would need a very fine nozzle/needle to make the dots. Beware of creating oversized rivets on a smaller scale model as it can end up looking like a section of the Titanic! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 2 hours ago, Ace said: Have you tried PVA droplets either from a syringe or a series of pins in a stick dipped, to speed up the processes? No, I haven’t tried this yet but have read about it……does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 19 minutes ago, Nick Somerville said: The domed rivets here are pva from squeezed from a small dropper bottle. The model is near enough 1/5th and the sizing is pretty good. If your model is smaller you would need a very fine nozzle/needle to make the dots. Beware of creating oversized rivets on a smaller scale model as it can end up looking like a section of the Titanic! Wow, that’s perfection. More details on how you did it please, that’s JUST the effect I am looking for and mine 1/4 scale. The rivet details are on the floats but using water proof pva glue should overcome that issue as well as getting a few licks of top coat paint to cure and seal them all off. Looks like a plan, thanks Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Richard, I gave a description in the build thread for my Bates 1/5.3 Hellcat. It will be a recent entry as I only did them a week or so ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 31 minutes ago, Nick Somerville said: Richard, I gave a description in the build thread for my Bates 1/5.3 Hellcat. It will be a recent entry as I only did them a week or so ago. Will take a look straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) No, I haven’t tried this yet but have read about it……does it work? Yes see Nick's excellent use. Also Martin Mclintosh multi applicator sticks 28th Dec. Edited August 16 by Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 10 minutes ago, Ace said: No, I haven’t tried this yet but have read about it……does it work? Yes see Nick's excellent use. Also Martin Mclintosh multi applicator sticks 28th Dec. Many thanks Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu knowles Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 I have a small 'concertina' bottle with a thin metal tube inserted. I think that the bottle originally contained printer ink and the tube came from a bottle of airfix kit glue. Slightly thinned PVA Draw a few pencil lines onthe model and it becomes a riveting mass production machine. For flat rivets a brass tube in a soldering iron works well. I had the best results using it AFTER applying the final colour coats, which was a bit counter intuitive. It needs only the lightest touch to put a circle in the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thornton 2 Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, stu knowles said: I have a small 'concertina' bottle with a thin metal tube inserted. I think that the bottle originally contained printer ink and the tube came from a bottle of airfix kit glue. Slightly thinned PVA Draw a few pencil lines onthe model and it becomes a riveting mass production machine. For flat rivets a brass tube in a soldering iron works well. I had the best results using it AFTER applying the final colour coats, which was a bit counter intuitive. It needs only the lightest touch to put a circle in the paint. Many thanks Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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