Buffalo Pitts Traction engine 1:16 scale

[finescalerr]

I like the engine in the last photo, from Australia. -- Russ

[JESTER]

Very cool build!!!

[Scratchman]

Thanks Doug for posting the link to that image. Steam ships, steam tractors, and trains it Doesn't get much better than that. 

Gordon Birrell

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[JESTER]

What did you use for all the rivets? How did you glue them?

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[Scratchman]

Rivets.... I've been using Grandt Line rivets and nut bolt castings for many years. I've used all three sizes of rivet. 032", 043" and 063". In my modeling I all so use a lot of hex nut bolt casting # 128.  I love all of these castings, no clean-up and I've never seen a bad one. the rivets come in round and conical head . Google in Grandt Line  go to there site click on Augmentables. for all of there hardware.

Gordon Birrell

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[Scratchman]

Tim, most of the time I will cut off the heads flush and melt the casting in place with liquid plastic cement. If the surface that I'm adding the casting to is styrene then you will get a good easy two way melt. If the surface is wood you need to apply more coats of cement to make sure the casting will stick. Sometimes when adding a rivet to a wood surface I will drill a hole but, I will still use the liquid plastic cement. A super thin AC glue will also do the job on the wood surfaces.  

Gordon Birrell    

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[JESTER]

Thanks!