Tony Bell
Well, there's no turning back now!
Thu Oct 16 11:17:08 2003
Spent about two hours in front of the boob tube last night (the wife had "The Bachelor" on) adding rivets to the top of my Tamiya P-47 bubbletop wing using my home made pounce wheel.
I'll be sanding them down a bit with some 1500 wet 'n dry to make them less pronounced:



Derek, wearing his aircraft inspector's hat...
Very pretty, but in actual fact, totally inpractical.
Thu Oct 16 11:55:33 2003
The spacing and edge distance of the rivets means that the wing skin would tear off the moment the aircraft went into a dive. And of course, these rivets are countersunk and would not be visible at this scale.....
But I agree with the other poster.. Tony is really sick, which is a pity, since he is such a nice man...
All in jest, of course...

Tony Bell
Home-made Pounce Wheel
Thu Oct 16 23:01:13 2003
For those of you who were interested in my pounce wheel, here it is:



It was made from a length of brass tube with a slot cut in the end for a cog from a dead Timex watch. The axle is a sewing needle that has been hammered flat on the ends to hold it in place. Finally, a section of aluminum tube (I.D. of which equals the O.D. of the brass tube) was superglued on to provide a better grip.

Tony Bell
For making rivets
Sat Oct 11 16:11:18 2003
It's for reproducing rivets in 48th scale. Simply roll it across the surface of the model.
Have a look at my original post:

http://hsfeatures.com/p47dbubtb_1.htm

Not much skill is required, although one does need a lot of patience.

Derek Pennington
Fri Oct 17 10:36:34 2003
I am more interested in the photo! How was your digital camera set up for this?

Tony Bell
Photo setup
Fri Oct 17 10:51:07 2003
I set up the camera as follows:
Resolution set to max (2272x1704)
Mode set to aperture priority
Aperture set to f8.0
Flash set to Automatic
Macro turned on
Max optical zoom (3X)
I took the picture from about 12" away, with my hand about 2' in front of a neutral
coloured wall and then cropped the picture in Photoshop.

Lynn
How much pressure would you need to exert...
Fri Oct 17 07:18:24 2003
to get the teeth to bite into the surface with this tool? It's a hell of an ingenious piece of work, one which I have the bits to do here... well, except for the sewing needle, but I can get one of those.

Tony Bell
Pressure
Fri Oct 17 09:20:13 2003
It goes without saying that the pressure will depend on the hardness of the plastic. I apply approximately the same pressure as I would if I were scoring the plastic to cut it.
I always practice on an invisible portion of the model first to get a feel for how hard to press.