Hexagonal Bolt S=0.3 mm, drill hole 0.3 mm (450 pcs.)

Eleven diameters of bolt heads at once

A rivet or a bolt head is a detail that nobody on a model will list, but everyone notices at once when it is missing. Overlapping armor plates, gearbox covers, hinges and flanges are held together by exactly these, and a builder inevitably needs them in several sizes: what looks right in 1:35 scale is as coarse as a button in 1:72.

This set solves the problem once and for all. It contains all eleven dimensions of the range, that is, 0.3 · 0.4 · 0.5 · 0.6 · 0.7 · 0.8 · 0.9 · 1.0 · 1.2 · 1.4 and 1.6 mm, and there are 2392 pieces in it in all. There are most of the finest heads, 450 pieces in 0.3 mm diameter, and 81 of the largest. A storage box with compartments for eleven sets is included as well, so that the small parts do not get mixed together and disappear.

How to work with them

The heads are picked up with a moistened toothpick tip or the point of tweezers and set into a pre-drilled dimple or straight onto the surface with a drop of super glue. It works well to put the glue on the model, not on the head. It is better to mark the spacing out in advance with a scribed line, because irregularly placed rivets give handwork away more than their complete absence.

• all eleven diameters from 0.3 to 1.6 mm in one package
• 2392 pieces in all, 450 of them in the finest diameter
• a storage box with compartments is part of the set
• usable across scales from 1:72 to 1:16

Before you reach for the glue, transfer the spacing from the drawing onto a strip of masking tape stuck to the part. Measuring by eye will, sooner or later, go astray somewhere along a long row of heads.