Good evening group.
Archer versus Micromark rivet decals - any preference? Any other method for adding rivet detail to brass models?
Thanks,
Stephen
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My information is about 2 years old, but at that time Archer made a better product than Micromark. The Archer rivets were very uniform in size and spacing. Micromark's spacing was consistent but the rivet heads varied. There were areas on their sheet where the heads were uniform but here and there they had some oversize head blobs and others that were barely there at all. You could use a magnifier with the Micromark sheet to determine which areas to use, but with Archer this was not necessary. Sorry I haven't bought any more recent samples of either one.
I built a Plastrut truss bridge and used Archer rivets. I used 4 sheets x $18 = $72.00. The bridge cost $50.00. I do like the rivets but their cost is high.
Dick
I used 4 sheets x $18 = $72.00. The bridge cost $50.00. I do like the rivets but their cost is high.
Dick
What's that come out to per rivet? Time vs. drilling holes and inserting Grandt Line rivets?
Maybe the cost per your time per rivet was worth it?
Can't argue with you on that point.
Dick
