The first job on the Y6 bodywork is to push through the rivets in the side skirts. To aid the modeller, half-etch dimples are found on the back of the metal.Well, they would aid the modeller if they weren't so large!
Aiming the rivet press is a challenge. Even using the bare metal spike rather than the thinner etched one doesn't help.
The best I could do was squint and try to aim the spike into the middle of the dimple.
(Note: I know the top photo shows things not lined up. I was working one-handed to I could weild the camera as well. You realy are picky)
Result :Not a neat line of rivets but a wobbly one. The long horrizontal set are OK but the verticals have the odd-mis-placed lumps.
If I did this again, I might draw some lines to help me but I'm not sure sighting them under the press would be possible.
It is possible to fix a fence onto the press so you then only have to deal with the spacing and they will come out in a straight line?
ReplyDeleteAndy a fence would do the job, or I could use the cross-slide that this riverter comes with. It will teach me to be so lazy!
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