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NUTS! Rivets on my Valk!


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I finally decided to do some panel lining & got carried away.

the Hasegawa kit was great reference material, especially for the sticker placement.

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it was all done with this:

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:)

*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?)

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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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