Hi Gang,
I have been mostly kitbashing, but I am now attempting to scratchbuild.
I was looking for different methods for making straight rows of rivits.
I have come up with a method that you may find useful.
I used a basic word processor (M$ Notepad) and printed out rows and rows of colons ( ::::::::::::: )
I ran the paper through the printer twice. Once upside up and once upside down to get the printer to print twice on the same side of the paper. This gave me an interesting diamond design for the rivits.
I then taped the paper into place over thin sheet stock. In my case aluminum cut from popcans.
I use a finetip ballpoint pen and press it on alternating dots and by using the colons, I get neat straight lines of "rivits".
By using M$ Word or WordPerfect, you can use different fonts, sizes and italics to get different rivit spacing.
This method seems to work well for straight lines on flat sheet material.
I hope this information helps...
I have been mostly kitbashing, but I am now attempting to scratchbuild.
I was looking for different methods for making straight rows of rivits.
I have come up with a method that you may find useful.
I used a basic word processor (M$ Notepad) and printed out rows and rows of colons ( ::::::::::::: )
I ran the paper through the printer twice. Once upside up and once upside down to get the printer to print twice on the same side of the paper. This gave me an interesting diamond design for the rivits.
I then taped the paper into place over thin sheet stock. In my case aluminum cut from popcans.
I use a finetip ballpoint pen and press it on alternating dots and by using the colons, I get neat straight lines of "rivits".
By using M$ Word or WordPerfect, you can use different fonts, sizes and italics to get different rivit spacing.
This method seems to work well for straight lines on flat sheet material.
I hope this information helps...