Rosie the Riveter -Rivet making tool?

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Hey guys,

I just ordered another thing that I don’t know much about from Greatmodels. The temptation got to me because a couple of guys over in the helicopter forum have had some amazing results with this product. Do any of you guys have much experience with “Rosie-the-riveter?” If so, do you guys have any tips?

My money has already been spent, these online hobby shops are dangerous. You can buy stuff on a whim. I should have taken the time to see if my LHS would order the product for me, but that’s a topic for a different thread.

Thanks in advance for the info,

Semper Fi,

Chris

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I just received these two pounce tools from Widget Supply. I have been re-riveting a 1/48 RM A-10, they work like magic! And for less than $10+shipping…

http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/marking-tool-jeweler/BCT86

http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/marking-tool-jeweler/BEN66

I’ll post some pics when its done.

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I’d be interested to see a side by side comparison between the riveter and the pounces.

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I just ordered one today too. Rosie that is, not a pounce wheels. I have seen some spectacular thing done with the RTR One of the biggest advantages is that the RTR has rounded point so it make a round rivet. Pounce wheels leave a slightly oblong dimple.

I also found this tutorial

http://riveter.wz.cz/SBS.pdf

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I didn’t even know that Rosie had a competing product. Looking at the tutorial, I may have to buy more tools, like a micrometer and dividers.

I’m excited by this product, but I have imagine that mistake with it could be a disaster.

Thanks for the input and the links.

Semper Fi,

Chris

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It seems to be a pretty nice tool. I was looking for such thing for a long time and finally made my own recently.

… but I ordered those two [:)] and prepare myself to become a rivet counting freak [:)]

Wojtek Fajga uses the same “gear” (a common russian clock [:)]) and here is some hint …

Wojtek uses the 3M masking tape from automotive applications (Autozone , NAPA etc) This tape is flexible and just a right width to do 1/48 details.

more on this in “Wojtek Fajga Projects” post

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I just got my riveters .

So, I have three sets:

Mine (using a clock gear) makes 15 rivets per 1 cm (38 rivets per inch) - equivalent to 1.25 inch rivets spacing for real 1:1 scale)

than the next one (medium wheel) makes 5 rietsper 1 cm (12.7 per inch)

smallest makes 9 rivets per 1 cm (22.8 per inch)

For regular rivets none of the exacto riveters will fit (at least for 1/48 scale). I think the clock gear is unbeatable [:)]

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I have one of the RTR tools on my bench as well. It’s the 10mm wheel with dimples spaced out at .70mm apart, looks a little large for 1/48 but just about right for 1/32. Very cool tool, takes a little practice to get proficent with it. [tup]

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I’ll tell you, it’s great tools for detailing, so easy to use and work faster with amazing result. here is my p-51 still in progress.

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very interesting tool, never seen one before, any suggestion on which is the appropriate for a 1/48 scale and which one would be for 1/32 or it depends on the plane? any help is as always very appreciated-

[C):-)]

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I’ve looked at the Rosie the Riveter tools, but I think that the best solutions is Rato’s. His comparisons are very nice as well.

[link]http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/RatoMarczak/riveting_1/riveting_1.html[/link]

Cheers,
Alex