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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (74 in total) :  <<   26   27   28   29   30  [ 31 ]  32   33   34   35   36   >>  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Parked 29-Mar-16 22:27 Views : 326 Very small and fine tweezers for $5.00 at the hair and nail specialty store. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Parked 29-Mar-16 22:24 Views : 287 Small cutters (dice). Only five bucks at the nail and hair specialty shop. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Parked 29-Mar-16 22:23 Views : 326 Got some news to share with everyone. I use a ball point pen as my "riveter" by lightly punching on the back of glossy paper (or thin plastic sheeting) and allowing the small "bump" or rivet to show through on the top side. Went through a specialty shop for hair and nail products (Okay guys, its my wife's favorite place) and discovered a couple of small ball ends. My wife says they're used for decorating nails with dots of nail polish. I placed them next to the pen to give you some reference. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:13 Views : 397 End result. Looks the same as the stitching using the needle technique as seen above, but kind of "outside the box" thinking. This is going to be a long process, but hoping the end results will be worth it. Isn't that why we all build in the first place? Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:11 Views : 392 Getting closer by pushing the thread through the hole with a pair of tweezers..... Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:09 Views : 340 Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:09 Views : 317 After the glue dried a few seconds later, I then bent over the opposite end of the stiff thread into the next hole. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:07 Views : 320 I added a bit of cyano just above the hole and allowed it to flow through the thread via capillary action so as to minimize any chance of glue marks on the surface. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 20:04 Views : 321 Okay, bear with me on this. I cut a small section of (now) stiffened thread that was painted silver through a hole that was drilled apprx twice the diameter of the thread. Any tighter, I would need a needle to help guide it through. I'm using the stiffness of the thread as its own needle point. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 19:53 Views : 314 In stitching the fuselage sides, I decided to come up with an alternate route. This picture was posed to show how I added a small weight at the end of the thread, and painted the thread with spray paint. This does two things: it stiffens the thread and gives it a threaded cable appearance. Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 19:50 Views : 356 First drilled holes twice the size of the thread using a pin vice. Then used a curved needle and threaded the stitching. Worked great on "Proof of Concept" but quickly discovered that the fuselage was too narrow for this method. Compounding all of this was the floor in the cockpit area supporting the rudder pedals and control column prevented access to the sides for the needle/thread route. So... Skyediamonds1985 Guillows Series 200 - SE5a Build 21-Mar-16 19:46 Views : 251 Page (74 in total) :  <<   26   27   28   29   30  [ 31 ]  32   33   34   35   36   >>  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]