Rivets

[Mancha]

This is the vehicle in question. It's a VSF thingie -actually an armoured tricycle powered by a poor Schutztruppe Askari. It will have an MG and gunner.

I look forward to seeing this when it's complete.

[Antenociti]

we've got quite a few rivets and various nuts & bolts, especially good stuff for VSF - they are all scale-accurate varieties from a railway accessory store in the USA (Grandtline) and they are fantastic, covering all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Here are some we used on a FOW 15mm vehicle conversion:







here for our limited range http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/scratch%20builders%20paradise/Augmentables.html or go here for the GrandtLine full range: http://www.grandtline.com/model_railroad/augmentables_pages.htm

other types include:











The full grandtline range covers many scales and as its all railway stuff goes back to victorian era nuts&bolts etc for railway engines and carriages. They are all plastic cast and very well produced - you just cut them off the sprue and apply with a dab of glue.

For the rivets the best method i have found is to put the glue on the model, then transfer the rivet using a cocktail stick with a dab of spit on the end to pick up the rivet - when you place it the glue grabs it off the stick.

Nuts & bolts etc you can easily pick up with tweezers.

hope that helps.

jed

[Thunderchicken]

Hi Jed,

Ordered some smooth rivets from you Monday for collection at Salute.

[Darkoath]

Antenociti's rivets are very nice... I have purchased and used them and they are very good.

He also sells a plastic sheet of rivets that you cut out and use.  These are very nice too.

I also use what is called a half bead that is sold in craft shops.  They come in packs of 100 and are usually black in color and sold in various sizes like 2mm, 4mm, 6mm etc.  These are sometimes used as the black insert for plastic 'eyes' which are also sold in the same area as the half beads or half balls.  The flat half is easily glued to the surface and they look great as rivets.