LoganTLR Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Hi I have started the Academy 1/48 CH-53E and purchased the Big Ed set to go with it. I have already started removing plastic for the grills, no easy feat given the thickness of the plastic ... Ironically, I do not want to go overboard and am trying to keep this OOTB as much as possible. Should I rivet this too? The reason I ask is that I am not the greatest riveter and I do not want to mess this up and have it looking stoopit. As well, any advice on building this? TIA Tom PS: Is there any interest in an WIP thread on this? Given the great builds I have seen, I am not sure if mine will stand-up to the others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pminer Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hi I have started the Academy 1/48 CH-53E and purchased the Big Ed set to go with it. I have already started removing plastic for the grills, no easy feat given the thickness of the plastic ... Ironically, I do not want to go overboard and am trying to keep this OOTB as much as possible. Should I rivet this too? The reason I ask is that I am not the greatest riveter and I do not want to mess this up and have it looking stoopit. As well, any advice on building this? TIA Tom PS: Is there any interest in an WIP thread on this? Given the great builds I have seen, I am not sure if mine will stand-up to the others. I say do it! Rivet and a WIP tread. I'm doing the riveting on mine. Suck or not... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shark 64 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Rivets .....yes Posting progress.....without a doubt. Oliver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marine4 ever Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Rivet........It's not that hard, just time consuming!!!!! RIVET!!!!!!!! Semper Fi Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doupnik Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 It's your kit do what you want, I've seen awesome builds without rivets. That being said, adding rivets isn't too hard and really adds to the build. Check out Dan's build. Do a WIP, the peanut gallery around here usually helps a bunch, speaking from personal experience. mason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepard Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Riveting... thats for sure.... And a WIP... people around here are the best... they helps a lot... Give rivets a try... Shep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) i'd say go for it. riveted my pavelow (first time trying it) found the academy kit probably one of the easiest to learn on, the -53 has easy panel lines to follow and pretty straight rivet lines. Edited July 19, 2011 by zerosystem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LoganTLR Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 HI Welllll I started riveting ... despite my best efforts it looks like a drunken sailor was riveting that day :-( Still pressing on and detailing as much as I can. T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doupnik Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 If you haven't given up on riveting here's what I did. I am using Rivet-R mini, here with a Fiskar handle. I use the smallest wheel. I've found that the Dymo tape works out pretty well for spacing. If I am not mistaken the vertical spacers on the real A/C are @ 48" and at 48th scale works out to .25" which is the width of the roll of tape. So I mark out the general position of the rows in pencil and cut two pieces of Dymo tape for alignment. Once I get one row down, I start leapfrogging the tape each subsequent row, double checking the alignment as I go. The lengthwise rows require a little more work. On this piece I started on the center and worked to the outside. Once I got the center line down I used a compass to measure out each line. At the end of it all I go from here- to here- Hope this help. mason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepard Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Mason riveting tip is the best.. tks for sharing it again... Im about to try it in one of my projects... but i do have only de trump riveting tool for now.. do you guys think that will do the job?? Shep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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