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In article <6880007@hpindda.cup.hp.com> chrisd@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Chris Douglas) writes:
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|For scale modeling, how do you simulate rivits?  Specifically, I plan
|on doing some WWII fighter.  I don't want "stand off" scale rivits.
|I'm more intrested in something that really looks like rivits.

No, no, the Rivets was a pre-WWII racing plane...

Oh, you meant those little fastener thingys...  NEVER MIND!

Be aware that many WWII planes had flush rivets, so you may not want
to take the advice I'm about to give.  Get documentation, before playing.

You can make nice scale round-head rivets by taking a syringe with needle
(obtaining this is left to the imagination--my father is a retired dentist :-)
filled with aliphatic resin, or even white glue.  Practice on a scrap peice of
plywood (don't use raw balsa--the glue soaks in too much) until you can get
nice little dollops of glue, scale in size.  The smaller the rivets you want,
the thinner the glue must be (you can thin aliphatic with water, thicken it
by freezing).  Now, *after base finishing*, draw a straight line along the
rivet line (very lightly) with a pencil.  I just apply the rivets by hand,
using small penciled hash marks to get them even.  It helps a lot if you
get some *good* scale documentation on your subject, to get the size and
pattern of rivets.  Often, several sizes of rivets were used on a given
surface.  Anyway, after you finish dolloping on all the rivets you want, and
carefully removing and replacing the ones you screwed up :-), let the whole
thing set overnight.  In the morning, take a small eraser and take off all
the little pencil lines.  Then use your favorite paint, and there you go.

			Dave Svoboda, Palatine, IL