Need some tips on making piano hinges in 1/25th scale

[vincep]

I've been struggling with trying to make some working piano hinges in 1/25th scale. I've struggled with the MCG photo etch piano hinges and can never them bent correctly. when I do manage to get them assembled correctly one end kinda unravels and then it's near impossible to get back together. I'm going insane trying to figure this out. Anbody have some ideas?

[marc_reusser]

I recently nearly went completely nutters trying to deal w/ PE piano hinges. The ones from the company that makes parts for 1/24-25 cars were the worst....faired just a bit better with the ABER and Eduard...but still screwed them up in the end.

Do you need them to actually work, or are they just aesthetic?

If only aesthetic, maybe this would work....I used this method for a 1/24-25 scale truck bed toolbox I recently built. sides are .005 styrene cut to the desired strip width, shft is .010 or maybe .015 styrene rod, and the rivets are the printed 3D-resin decal ones from Archer.

[vincep]

Glad I'm not the only one Marc, I would like them to work. I've think I'm gonna try to build a faux piano by using small brass tubing with piano wire and solder a brass angle then slice off two small pieces. use these for the ends and then after the assembly & paint work is done put some pinstripes in an color slightly darker than the paint color over the center part of the hinge.