rivet-making tool

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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Hello Everyone,
Does anyone know where I can find a tool that embosses realistic rivets on a/c? There is something called “Rosie the Riveter” out of the Czech Republic, but I am not able to get to their website. This is something like the gear of a watch held between two fasteners at the end of a handle, allowing rivets to be applied in a rotary maner, and I know I’ve seen them elsewhere. (Just can’t remeber where or when).

As always any help appreciated. Take care,

Mark

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Try this: dousekp@quick.cz

Let us know if/how this works.

EDITED: This is an e-mail address — not a web site. Shoot him a note and see what he has to say. I saw a posting on another forum that had a picture of one of his packages. It looked like he makes several different rivet makers — 1/72 & 1/48 plus different rivet sizes and spacings?

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Hey Jim:

Thanks a lot for the info. I had this link, too, but I think it’s an email address rather than a webpage. I could try emailing them, but the language difference may be a problem. Also, I suspect mailing from the Czech Republic to be fairly expensive.

Anyone know of other sources? I could almost swear I saw this tool in Finecale Modeler at some point.

Thanks,

Mark

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Hello Mark,

You could look at this article is has a lot of helpful ideas on riviting tools and extra links on the page.

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/RatoMarczak/riveting_1/riveting_1.html

hth
Cheers
Thom

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I think you need something called a ponce wheel. It’s a little tool that has a handle and a small wheel with a series of teeth that you roll the rivets on following a straight edge.
Don’t know where you can get one though, sorry

Jerry

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Thom and Jerry (hmmm…)[:)],

Thank you guys. The article is very useful. I think that’s it: the old ponce wheel!

Take care, guys.

Mark

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Try your local fabric shop and ask about a dress maker’s pattern wheel. They come in different sizes and have a handle and wheel with small teeth for tracing patterns on cloth. Running this “thing” over plastic would leave a series of small, equally spaced indentations. The size and spacing would vary with the suject and scale.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Pounce wheel… it’s a tool traditionally used to transfer designs to fabric or other material. Basically a rotating wheel with little teeth on it that make indentations in the plastic. Micromark do them for the US residents amongst us.

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Yup, found the pounce wheel. I’ll check the fabric shop for different sizes.

Thanks fellas.

Mark