Son Of Medicine Man
Hey "O"...Could you give some details on how you did that?....
Hey Ken,
Here are a couple of pix of my tools.
First, the stuff I use to scribe the panel lines:
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07329.jpg)
I use Dymo tape and one of my three scribers for the lines. The little yellow handled one came with a Hasegawa (I think) scribing template set. Another of my scribers is just a sharpened sewing needle held in a pin vise. The third is a home-made job; a sharpened dental tool. I use +/-10 different scribing templates with various shapes and such. The compass helps with determining measurements and drawing parallel lines. I run a little Tenax in each line after sanding to smooth out any rough spots.
Here are the things I use to make the rivets:
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07333.jpg)
The tape, compass and calipers help with measuring and keeping parallel lines equidistant. Then I have three pounce wheels of differening sizes, and a riveting tool with four different sized wheels. Lastly, I have what's basically a glorified awl with two different tips, and some straight edged and circular riveting templates.
Here's a quick run-down of how I do things.
For scribing panel lines, I use Dymo tape for straight lines, or I'll use a template when I have to...
When doing rivets, I use tape or the compass to draw straight lines...
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07337.jpg)
Then using the selected tool, I follow the line laying rivets...
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07340.jpg)
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07343.jpg)
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07344.jpg)
When doing a curved line, I draw out the line first then slowly follow the curve with my tool. The great thing about drawing the rivet line before using the tool is you have a visual reference that helps keep things on track.
Here's a look at how my demo turned out. You can see that my middle line is a little crooked...
![](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee129/oortiz10/DSC07346.jpg)
Anyway Ken, I hope this gives you an idea of how I do things. This is the first time I've riveted a model, so I'm sure my technique isn't the "best" one out there. (This is really a trial-and-error effort for me; a great learning process.) So far it seems to be working, so I'm gonna keep on keepin' on. Let me know if there are any more questions I can answer for ya.
Thanks for looking!
-O