I don't know about easy, but I built a Bx9 boxcar that has three riveted straps on the outside. I followed a fantastic series of articles by Bob Hundman in Mainline Modeler, June - August 1999. The rivet strips are described in July. On my model, I embossed the rivets in a strip of .010 styrene, about an inch wide. Then I filled the backs of the rivets with putty. Then I cut the strips. Score and snap didn't work, as I couldn't do it without introducing bends into the strip. That is why you can see a little raised lip on the strap. I cemented them to the car sides with Tenax-7R applied with a sewing needle, like you would with ACC. This was to prevent the solvent from melting the rivets.
I put a picture called "Bx9 Rivet strips" in the Photos section on the list photo page http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/lst -Michael Eldridge -San Jose, CA --- In [email protected], Keith Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I too would like to hear about a good (easy and consistent) way to make > thin riveted strips in either brass or styrene. The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
