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Anyone know what scale this is for?

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Anyone know what scale this is for?
Posted by batai37 on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:01 PM

I'm referring to the Hasegawa 0.25mm Rivet Stamping tool:

http://store.spruebrothers.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=sbm&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=478634059&Count2=395774483&Keyword=riveting+tool&Target=products.asp

I emailed SB and they said there is no scale indicated on the package.

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Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:38 PM

From what I can see, there's no real scale associated with this tool. It looks like it simply punches 0.25mm discs from plastic card which can then be glued to wherever they're needed.

So in 1/35 scale it would create "rivets" of 8.75mm, 1/48th scale would be 12mm, 1/72 scale would be 18mm. It all depends on what you want to use it for. 

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Posted by batai37 on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:46 PM
Ahhh O.K. I didn't realize that it was intended to punch *out* "rivets"...I was thinking it was a riveting tool that you use to punch holes into the model itself like the pounce-wheel type. 
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Posted by Phil_H on Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:18 AM

Hmm...

Perhaps I was wrong about how this is supposed to work. I've found a review of this too which suggests it does indeed work in a similar way to what you have described, ie. punch indented rivets in situ on the model's surface.

http://www.ipmsusa2.org/reviews/Products/hasegawa_rivet-stamper/hasegawa_rivet-stamper.htm

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Posted by batai37 on Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:15 AM
Well, that's interesting. I'm not sure about the utility of a tool that has to be hammered to produce "rivets" though. This would obviously be highly impractical in some applications, such as curved surfaces...seems to me you would have to vise the part or otherwise find a way to hold it immobile while tapping with a hammer. All that would seem to increase the likelihood of damaging the target part. For flat parts such as wings it might be easier. Still, I'm a little leery about the idea of having to use a hammer, even a jeweller's hammer such as the one I use with my punch and die sets.
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