"The Wizard"

[lab-dad]

36 .060" rivets at the top.
Another 48 on the smokebox.
Brings the total to 199.



Thanks for looking.
Marty

[Ray Dunakin]

Looking good. Are the rivets brass?

[Chuck Doan]

I hate rivets too. But you gotta have 'em.

[TRAINS1941]

Your really getting good at this.
And learning to count at the same time!!!

Jerry

[Juke Joint]

Marty, Awesome! What is the deal with the wood plugs? Are you hammering them out to simulate rivets?

Philip

[Hydrostat]

Marty, please excuse me, if I didn't get something: those things may look like welded stay bolts or something but not like common rounded rivets at all?

Volker

[lab-dad]

I dont know Volker.

I just copied what I saw in all my reference pictures and the blueprints I have.
The rivet height is half their diameter and rounded over.




I may go back and give the tops a little flat to simulate them being "pounded",.?...

The "rivets" are styrene rod.

-Mj

[Hydrostat]

Please have a look at your rivets. They all have a somewhat rounded head, but there's a shaft you won't find at the prototype - as your prototype pictures show. The visible part of rivets is a hemisphere.



The green one roughly looks like a rivet ...

Do you have a tool for rounding them?

Volker

[lab-dad]

Do you have a tool for rounding them?

Yes!
I guess I better use it more!
Especially when magnified so much! Darn macro lens!

-Mj

[Juke Joint]

Squeezing the info out one rivet at a time. Without answering my inquiry I'd quess you used a nail set to achieve the results with these wood plugs..... 

Philip

[lab-dad]

First off;
Phillip;
Not sure what you are asking. The rivets are styrene rod, no wood used. as far as rounding them off I used a jewelers tool intended to round over rods.
I hope this answers your question.

Next
Volker was right! The rivet height differed greatly from one to one.
After inspection with the visor it was as obvious as his red circles.
I went back and attempted to make them all lower and the same height.
They are better but not perfect. Will post a pic after painting.
I hope once the weathering, cab, controls and all the other things are attached they will be secondary.
I should have just used the rivets from scale hardware; next time I will.

Thanks for keeping me in line guys!

-Mj

[Mr Potato Head]

Marty
it was kind of a teenage flashback! Arug!............................
Acne! 
MPH

[Juke Joint]

Yep Got it! thanx!

[billmart]

Marty -  Is there a reason for not using "store bought" fake rivets?  They're available in a wide variety of sizes and materials.

Bill Martinsen

[TRAINS1941]

Thanks for keeping me in line guys!

-Mj

I keep my eyes wide open all the time!!!!

Jerry