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Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far.

Oleg Bogolei
Waw. great work. Nice project. Following.

Nicolas
Count me in.

gorby
Most of my scratch builds are in 1/48 and I make raised rivets by using a rivet wheel or pointed object on 0.2mm plastic sheet and then use that as a 'skin' for the model. This is the effect: 100% Scratch-Built Angry Slug – A7V in 1/48! | Album by gorby (1:48)

Alternately, Green Stuff World sell a rivet mould. Go to photos 73 & 74 of this album: Gorby's wondrously weird whatsit – The Fowler Steeplechaser | Album by gorby (1:48)

shadowlight
On photo 19 of the second album did you used the rivet wheel on a very thin sheet so you could "bend" the back side of the sheet around the round surface? It seems so - is it what you mean by "skin"? For 1/48 and the Green Stuff World only the smallest ones might be useable?

gorby
Yes that is what I mean by 'skin'. I found the best way to attach the skin to the model is by double using sided tape, or super glue on curved sections. The usual plastic glues melt the rivets.
The GSW mould - the smallest ones are good for largish rivets in 1/48.

shadowlight
Has no one experiences with rivet decals or other methods then rivet wheels?

Tony May
Interesting technique gorby, I never thought to use a tracing wheel on card stock & flip it to make raised rivets. Wouldn't the extra sheet of card stock put whatever was in 1/48 slightly out of scale though? Hmm.

shadowlight, I've never personally tried the 3D printed rivets on decals but I've seen some fantastic results. I'm obsessed with detail but even for me that's a bridge too far. I like the rivet wheel for 1/72 well enough because it allows you to bring them out with a good preshading treatment or an oil wash. Even as I say this it nags at me that I cannot apply a wash to the base of rivets & then dry brush highlights to the tops of them! This is becoming a dangerous topic for both my wallet & my modeling future. 😉

Steven Van Dyck
I use a rivet punch to put individual rivets. It has about 20 different widths, but can only make sunken rivets. [img1]
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shadowlight
Thank you for your thoughts!

Tony May
Sorry to have reactivated a nearly 6 month old topic, shadowlight, but I thought I'd just share my own personal thoughts on the matter.

That's actually a pretty nifty tool there, Steven. I like how it provides more than just an indent for where the rivet is supposed to be. In 1/32, 1/35 & maybe even 1/48 it'd be a huge advantage over a rivet wheel. However, it looks like it's kind of difficult to keep a fixed distance been the rivets & create an even punch? As much as I would love to be able to reproduce that in my scale for added detail, at 1/72, just placing that depression there with the rivet wheel gives the clear impression of rivets. After all, that scale was originally meant to be seen from arm's length or at least that's what I read somewhere along the way...

Perhaps that tool could be improved though? I don't know anyone in the market of manufacturing tooling like this so I can't even pitch the idea. Maybe someone else will pick up on this & run with it? Dunno. Anyway ...

My idea was to have 40 pieces plus an adjustable armature that connects two of them - A punch & an unsharpened punch that would just saddle into a previously punched rivet. Therefore, 20 pieces would be punches while twenty of them would be these other things. The armature I imagine would be adjustable, kind of like a drawing compass but instead of being at an angle it would splay the two pieces a good fixed distance apart from one another for even spacing. Once you punch a rivet you move the fixed unsharpened piece into the depression around the rivet thereby allowing you to line up & form the next consecutive rivet. There would have to be a little "play" in the connection to the armature, specifically on the side of the punch, so it could be depressed without doing it at an angle. (Doing it at an angle could be bad with the other part of my idea.)

The tip of the punch would have to be redesigned for my concept. Instead of a straightforward sharpened edge you press into the plastic to create a circular shape, instead, make one to where the punch is wider & the sharpened edges taper down to be more narrow. It can only be pushed down so far though as inside of the tapering edges it has a terminating semicircular "chamber." The tapered edges would slightly displace the plastic upward so that it presses into that semicircular "chamber" thereby forming a rivet head that slightly rises from the surface of the plastic.

The only concern I have is that not all polystyrene is alike. I've worked with some nasty, brittle stuff & I've worked with some that is painfully soft too. (I swear some of the early Minicraft 1/72 B-17s & B-24s could flap their wings without reinforcement!) Both can be problems. Therefore there's the risk is that when you pull away the punch you come out with a plug of plastic that WAS going to be a nifty raised rivet with an indent all the way around it as well.

However if it works right you'd be able to use a wash around the base of the rivet & lighter shading on the surface to make them pop out more from the surrounding features. Do you think it'd work or is it too much of a liability in the case of damage or perhaps it's too fiddly to be worthwhile?

Nicolas
Following.
To rotate the pictures go in the Album: manage: advanced options.

Rui S
Impressive collection. You could start a war 😄

Clifford Keesler
Nice collection.

Spanjaard
impressive indeed.

Peppy
Stewart, is not afraid of the rigging.
So very awesome.
Excellent collection.

Lochsa River
Astounding......just an amazing collection of work

Bruce Huxtable
Astonishing body of fine work - awestruck.....respect....! 🙂

Neil
Stewart... WOW! 👀 There's an awful lot of work to be highly (and rightly) admired in this album. Including for the reason Peppy said above 😉 Massive respect 👍💯

Guy Rump
Very impressive collection of beautiful aircraft, your rigging is excellent. 👍

David Taylor
Brilliant collection.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing.

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive collection, congrats
Thanks for sharing

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.Collection.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

S M
Thanks, Grumpy!

Finn
Guy's right, I'm in

J35J
I'm in too👍🏻

S M
Welcome mates! 😄

J R
Its looking good love digital camo

S M
Thanks, Joseph! 😄 I started designing the camo last year using some online camo generator, but it seems the website is no longer active.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 Crisp camo pattern!

Robert Podkoński
Great idea! Taking a seat.

S M
Welcome, WhiteGlint and Podkon!

Neil
Me too! 😁

S M
Welcome, Neil! 😄

S M
After a short pause this is continuing. Hopefully I get this ready before December.

Cristian A
Following

DerMattes
Great build so far. 👍
Sadly Air-Graphic models seems to have no quality check for their 3d prints or they do not care. Not a fan.

Nicolas
Joining

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

gorby
It's almost as if I know how special this dio will be. 😉

Alexander Grivonev
it absolutely does look like THE street, the realism is stunning 👍

Alexander Grivonev
what do you mean "my 1:24 cars", since when 😄

bughunter
Thank you mates! I am also absolutely satisfied with the result.

@Alexander From time to time I have done some 1:24 cars, typically from ICM.
The Benz Motorwagen is the best I think, also received an award. The newest was the Ford A released this year.
You can find them on my Projects filtered fro 1:24: bughunter

Erik Off
Perfect! 👍 Where did you get the typical German manhole covers?

bughunter
Thanks Erik!
Both are from ebay, see the selection box: https://ebay.de/itm/163637309021
Not the perfect quality, but usable.

Erik Off
Thank you!

bughunter
Especially for Alex I made a picture with the Ford A. A 1:24 car fits well.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Uhhhhh - that is beautiful … both, the model and the road 👌

bughunter
Thank you very much Thomas!
The Ford is not new. I showed it here in June: Ford Model A Standard Phaeton Soft Top (1930s) | Project by bughunter (1:24)

Patrick Hagelstein
That road segment looks absolutely stunning! Very well done and very realistic looking.

Alexander Grivonev
Thanks a lot! Again, it looks absoilutely stunning 👍

Neuling
Excellent model and base.

Michael Kohl
Very fine street segment. Thanks for the link to the german manhole covers. They caught my attention too. Now it needs a more modern german car. I doubt that the Benz vehicle will do. And a figure of course. 🙂

Jakub Fiala
Great!

Villiers de Vos
Flawless.

bughunter
Thank you very much for your kind words mates!

Mel
This is SO good. Two years ago i made something very similar but not even half as beautyful as yours. Using a deformed ferrule as a stamp for the cobblestone texture is ingenious - i whish i had known this trick when i made mine.

bughunter
Thank you Mel!
I have to admit that I got the idea of turning an old paintbrush into a stamp from someone else on the internet.

MS K
The pretty car and the texture of the floor is really nice.

bughunter
Thank you very much! Much appreciated.