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dmaul
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Posted: Friday, October 09, 2009 - 03:32 AM UTC
Could anyone please help me in making some 1/35 scale nuts and bolts?
Thanks!
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ARMORAMA
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Posted: Friday, October 09, 2009 - 04:53 AM UTC
You could try hexagonal or octagonal rod.
gothicgeek
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Posted: Friday, October 09, 2009 - 05:51 AM UTC
i've been doing some work on a Pz1 a for a railroad dio and have been making nuts and bolts with stretched sprue. if you profile the sprue to a hex shape it will stretch with that shape.....

slicing them off is the fun bit but i've started to sand them level when i can get to them




HTH

Mark
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Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 04:38 AM UTC
if you need a lot ,it might be easier to get some from a model railroad shop. Grandt Line makes 14 different types ,in 1/87 , 1 /48 scales . Also Kaddee and Tichy Train (5 diff .sizes & 9 sizes of rivets ). Just an idea ,average price $3.00 a hundred Jim
clay_cliff
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Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 08:29 PM UTC
I have Plastruct hex rods and I need to make some bolt heads. I used to slice a certain length, then glue it in place and sand it until it has a more proper length for a bolt head, but now I need to place the bolt heads in places where the sanding stick has not enough space to sand them, so I need some advice as well. Best regards.

José.
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