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Hasegawa
(Trytools) ¶¶¶¶¶ Reviewed by Rivets. Even for those
non-rivet counters, this is a subject that always rise discussion.
Quoting Chris Sherland in his Rosie
the Riveter review: "...I won't begin to touch the
subject of whether or not one should add rivets to your model". Me
neither. But if you want them in your model, sometimes you face the
problem of depicting accurately the so called "flushed rivets" and
fasteners. Flushed rivets are merely ball head rivets whose heads
were grinded flush to the aircraft skin to reduce drag. In either
case, you can see the circular area of the rivet head. Due to its
diameter, you cannot authentically replicate the effect using needels
or pounce wheels. At least not in 1/32 or larger scales...
The rivet embosser is an
interesting tool designed to ... well, emboss rivet heads in your
model. This is another item from the old TryTools now traded by Hasegawa.
It is simply a pointed device mounted in a handle. The difference
is in the perforated end, designed to emboss a small circle on a soft
surface (plastic). Manufactured in hard steel, it will surely last
thousands of rivets.  The embosser end. The end of the tool is
screw threaded, supposedly to interchange the ends to allow different
rivet diameters. I´ve never found a different head sold separetely,
though. There´s also a small stiff wire included to clean the
perforated end in case of clogging (just like mechanical pencils). The use of the tool is
simple: use a graduated ruler to align the embosser and regulate the
desired rivet pitch. Press it firmly against the surface and move
on to the next one. The pressure necessary to make a clean rivet will
depend on the brittleness of the plastic, so try it before in the
inner areas of your fuselage or wing parts. You won´t need much
pressure, though, because the point of the embosser is very sharp.  Testing the tool on a piece of plastic. Even during a loose
You don´t need to
cover the entire model with these rivets. Most of the times all you
need is to add fasteners around maintenance panels and cowlings. It
will add only a few minutes to your building time, and the results
will pay-off ten times the time spent. Recommended to everyone crazy about rivets. |
