Hi everyone I am trying to find out just what tool is used to replace rivets on coupling’s.
As the rivets I got do not have the long metal piece that snaps off after fixing the rivet into place.
I have S5102 rivets
And dose it come with different size rivet settings for Brass rivets. I did see one on a web site they wanted over $100.00 so I gave that a miss. But I am not sure if it was I was looking for.
Any help greatly appreciated.
What scale? What brand name? From what I was able to find out, those rivets you reference are for products by Hornby of England. Is this what you have?
I use them for G-scale models, where they are called Ferrules, not rivets – but I don’t use or have a tool to make them into rivets.
If I needed to, I’d probably just use the end of a large nail or try a hand-held paper punch.
There are many companies selling rivets and rivet tools on the Internet, but most of the rivet tools I could find are for mass production purposes and would be too expensive for what you need.
Try searching for a rivet tool using Google or Yahoo and see what turns up.
I used rivets in building a Bowser Challenger. I used a nail set(basically a small pointed chisel) since the rivets were hollow. Very carefully.
Richard
When I diod 1/24 trucks U used .020 nails.
Now Archer has various decal rivets in every scale, even hatches, & weld beads.
If you want pix of my rivet attempts in HO, please ask, & I will look for it & post.
They work really nice, as they are on a decal carrier!
Not sure what scale you are doing, but it is worth a look!
Newby63
Welcome to the forums![#welcome]
It would help if you could describe your situation a bit more specifically. You mention “couplings”. By that do you mean “couplers” i.e. the devices used to link train cars together.
Are these rivets functional - in other words are they acting as pivot points or for locking parts together? Or are they surface details as one poster suggested? (I suspect that they are functional).
As has been said, identifying the scale would be good as well.
Pictures would say a thousand words! If you don’t know how to post pictures go to this post:
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/181001/1981556.aspx#1981556 It is a bit long winded but the process is explained clearly.
My experience with HO scale rivets was with a steam loco where rivets were used to link the side rods together. The replacement rivets had a hole drilled into the tail end. I used a scratch awl to very gently flare the tail ends. The trick is to avoid using too much pressure so the rods can pivot freely on the rivet.
There are lots of people on these forums willing to help but the onus is on you as the ‘asker’ to make your question as clear as possible.[:D]
Dave
Hi Dave, [tup] Thanks for you’re comments. I did reply earlier to another, I thought my reply would of been posted for all to view,
Well anyway I am running HO scale and I need to repair 3 couplers (yes wagon connectors) They would be in a fixed position (Locked position)
I have found that all I need to do is trim the excess off the end of my Rivets and use a Nail punch to flatten the underside of my rivet softly.
But once again thanks for your post. [Y]
Newby63