BAN003 imbus round head 0,5mm - 0,7mm

The range of 0.5 to 0.7 mm in one item

The size given in the name is not a single value but a span. Under it lies the lower part of the graded range: 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7 mm. This is therefore the finest end of the range, where the head is barely half the size of the strongest step and to the naked eye appears as a mere dot.

For which parts of a model

A diameter this small suits places where the real subject uses small screws: the instrument panel, the mounting of mirrors, cable covers, hose clips or the edging of the seat. It is exactly there that a scaled-down model tends to be poorest in detail, because an injection mold often merely suggests such elements with a shallow engraving.

Advice on handling

• Work over a pad with a raised rim; a part that falls is usually gone for good.
• Choose tweezers with a fine tip and without a spring that flicks parts away.
• Dose the glue with a piece of wire; a drop from the bottle is too much for this size.
• Guide the drill bit in a pin vise; a drill easily breaks the tip at small diameters.

The relation to the individual sizes

Each of the three diameters from this span is also available on its own, if you need a single size in a larger quantity. The collective form suits a build where the small joints alternate and you do not know in advance which step will fit which place. How many pieces of each size the bag holds is not stated here, so count on there possibly being fewer pieces of one size than you plan.