How do u make rivets?

"Painting" on rivets is a great solution! I tried to make rivets with the Gesso as wisely suggested, but I think my 00 brush was fine enough or my Gesso is too old. The rivets were too inconstant. But I still didn't want to cut 40 or 50 microscopic styrene rivets! 

Being one of those artsy fartsy types, I thought I would give acrylic modeling paste a try. It's used by painters to build up a surface or make dramatic 3D brush strokes. You've probably seem it if you have seen a painting like that. Anyway, adding water, I experimented with different consistencies until I was able to successfully make very uniform, little domes to scale by dotting them in place at a right angle to the surface with a toothpick. So thanks! Never would have got there without you. This is my first post.

I use this tool from RB Productions. The tool comes with four wheels with different spacing of the teeth. 

Just run the wheel along a straight edge to produce a row of rivets. Very easy to use. Just make sure that the rivets are equally spaced and straight.

This thread (11 years old) clearly shows that there are a broad range of answers. Type of rivet, scale, application.

Aircraft rivets stopped being raised a long time ago. So the pounce wheel or other methods on making little marks works pretty well.

Regarding the OP and his rivets, here's a decent read:

https://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=449201&DisplayType=flat

I only include it to identify yet another type of rivet fastener.

I thought the idea if little discks of stretched sprue was a good one. On an aircraft no and no, but for something like a tank (tracked of full of oil) it might be the trick. Those types of things generally are not as tedious as you might think.

For flush rivets I use a slightly different metal color, and dip the sharp point of a toothpick in  a thin layer of paint, and then touch that point to the surface.  For round head rivets I dip point of toothpick into a bit of white glue and place it on the surface. I put it on after final layer of paint and then paint the rivet head with another toothpick.

For automotive subjects, the number of rivets is less than for an aircraft, so rivet decals are a viable option.  Archer makes a lot of different sizes and styles, so it can be bewildering.  But their on-line catalog has 1:1 PDF examples, so it is possible to figure out which set you need.

For aircraft, the rivet wheels are definitely the way to go.  A dream product would be rivet wheels with sharp hollow points, to better simulate flush rivets.

Real G

For automotive subjects, the number of rivets is less than for an aircraft, so rivet decals are a viable option.  Archer makes a lot of different sizes and styles, so it can be bewildering.  But their on-line catalog has 1:1 PDF examples, so it is possible to figure out which set you need.

For aircraft, the rivet wheels are definitely the way to go.  A dream product would be rivet wheels with sharp hollow points, to better simulate flush rivets.

 

"How do u make rivets?"

A rivit maker of course!

Okay, I would like to try those Archer rivets.  I take it they are dry transfer.  What is a good source for them?

Don,

Actually they are wateslide decals that are thin, tough, and stick well.  PLUS, when they dry, any wrinkles in the carrier film can be scraped flat with a sharp knife.  And the rivets are little dots of resin, so they do stand proud.  I like the product a lot and can wholeheartedly recommend them.

https://www.archertransfers.com/SurfaceDetailsAircraft.html

Well;

        There are three ways to go about that.There's the rivet sets from Grandt Line( Model rail product) or there's the Archer decals. I think either one is the Cat's Meow! The model RailRoad ones can be gotten in " N" scale which I believe would look better on the KW. The originals as molded would've been as big as half Golfballs in 1;1 scale.

      The third way is a little complicated I think. mark your rivet line with label tabe or a double thickness of Scotch Magic Mending Tape. Measure out your Rivet Spacing on the tape. Then use the finest point paint pen you can find. Personally,I would go with one of the first two.

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    Hi. This talk about rivets is about as ongoing as the one about the color of the Arizonaon that terrible day. I for one have worked on modern jet aircraft. The rivets are indeed Flat. and better NOT rise above the surface in any way, Especially on the A/Cs skin.

       I remember a Falcon Jet model 20 ( Dassault Avaition) that even after a few flights was a smooth as the proverbial " Baby's Butt" Now my old Warbird did have some Domed rivets in Places. These were because of field Mods. None were in an area that affected airflow!

Here is a closeup and a super closeup of the rivets on my B-24. The rivets look like small dimples and are flat. They have a slight texture when a finger is run over them. There are probably thousands of rivets on this model. I think that they look pretty realistic. I used a rivet wheel. Really easy to use.