Advertisement
Header
Making your own rivets or nuts & bolts is sometimes a choice but, more often than not, a scale model making necessity. This tool will help out.
In fact, if you scratch build or convert your models, the ability to replicate lines of rivets or bolts is definitely required. Adding this sort of detail will really enhance your models.
A punch & die is a simple way to make rivets, nuts & bolts. For many years, we used the renowned punch & dies from Historex Agents. However, after speaking to the owner of Historex, we learnt they no longer make them, but they do stock a range of alternatives by RPToolz.
Any punch & die set consists of a clear plastic guide that sits over a precision-cut metal base plate. This has holes cut in it that correspond to the diameter of the punches. By inserting plastic card of varying thicknesses between the guide & plate, you hit the punch through with a hammer blow to create rivets of your chosen thickness.
Out pops a neatly-cut rivet, time-after-time. In this case, we road tested the Hexagonal Punch & Die by RPToolz which works in exactly the same way but specifically creates hexagonal-shaped items for making nuts & bolts. Take a look.
Basecol
