Nuts, bolts and fasteners

Phil_H

Another possible option for bolt heads is Plastruct hex rod. Just slice off as required.

 

I need 050 bolt heads (I have only three left in stock), and the smallest hex rod I have seen is 080 mil.

KnightTemplar5150

Last year, my kids gave me a set of flexible silicone molds to cast my own bolt heads and rivets in resin. It's essentially an 8x10 piece of rubber that has lines of cavities of pre-determined sizes ranging from 0.25mm up to 2.5mm in diameter. Whenever I cast pieces, I always seem to have a little extra resin mixed up in the cup and I hate to waste it, so I keep the mold close at hand. Essentially, you just sort of drizzle the spare resin over it, trowel things off to level it, and flex the mold to release the pieces once the resin has set. 

I don't have the literature that came with it, but I think that the manufacturer was Greenstuff World. They do a lot of similar molds to let you do bricks and masonry, as well as structural bits and greeblies for sci-fi builders.

 

Thanks, I will look into that.

You can try looking here:  https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware/bolts  

Another possible option for bolt heads is Plastruct hex rod. Just slice off as required.

Last year, my kids gave me a set of flexible silicone molds to cast my own bolt heads and rivets in resin. It's essentially an 8x10 piece of rubber that has lines of cavities of pre-determined sizes ranging from 0.25mm up to 2.5mm in diameter. Whenever I cast pieces, I always seem to have a little extra resin mixed up in the cup and I hate to waste it, so I keep the mold close at hand. Essentially, you just sort of drizzle the spare resin over it, trowel things off to level it, and flex the mold to release the pieces once the resin has set. 

I don't have the literature that came with it, but I think that the manufacturer was Greenstuff World. They do a lot of similar molds to let you do bricks and masonry, as well as structural bits and greeblies for sci-fi builders.

Don Stauffer

Also, needed some of those dummy plastic "bolts" for some very small bolts in a scratchbuilding project.

https://www.grandtline.com/products/miscellaneous-hardware/

They recently got bought - out by San Juan model co. in Colorado, so you could also try their website    .doug@sanjuanmodelco.com

Based on my own limited observations many of our younger generations inhabitants don't know which end of a screw driver to hold and don't care. When it breaks just throw it out and get another one.