UN_MARINE Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 I finally decided to do some panel lining & got carried away. the Hasegawa kit was great reference material, especially for the sticker placement. it was all done with this: *not recommended for the v2.0 1/60, there are reports of the plastic reacting unpleasantly w/ the marker ink. (can anybody confirm/debunk this?)
leading edge Posted December 20, 2009 Posted December 20, 2009 Thanks How did you get the rivets so evenly spaced? Did you use a precalculated temlate? I like to use a .005 drill bit by hand very small so I have to be careful or the bit will snap.
UN_MARINE Posted December 21, 2009 Author Posted December 21, 2009 How did you get the rivets so evenly spaced? Did you use a precalculated temlate? I like to use a .005 drill bit by hand very small so I have to be careful or the bit will snap. Would you believe it's all done freehand? i started with one side, while counting the rivets i draw, then try to match the other side. Other times, i drew the rivets from opposite sides of a particular panel one at a time until i reached the middle. If i worked fast enough, i could erase the rivets & start over. other times, i ran out of time/space & the rivet would be ridiculously close to the edge of the panel. The straight lines though, were drawn in w/ the help of an erasing shield. i thought about using drilling the rivets in too, but it would've gotten tedious real fast & can't be undone. The marker approach on the other hand, was quick & painless.
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