Bullet-Proof Cone Rivet 0.9 mm

A 0.9 mm cone for heavy structures

A rivet of this diameter no longer belongs on sheet metal but on a load-bearing structure. In 1:35 it corresponds to a head over three centimeters wide, that is to an element that in reality joined rolled sections, boilers and bridge flanges. The box holds 128 pieces, which with an element set in groups is enough for several separate nodes of a structure.

Structures where a rivet like this sits

Bridge trusses, crane towers, the boilers of steam locomotives, pressure vessels, the shells of silos, the riveted hulls of river craft and the armor plate of the first armored trains. In building dioramas it suits factory girders and steel gates, where a head with a distinct cone reveals that this is an older technology than welding.

Spacing and the rhythm of a row

• Real riveting keeps a spacing of roughly three to four head diameters.
• On trusses the rivets grow denser toward the joints, not in the middle of a member.
• Stagger a double row, so that it does not look like a ruler.
• Corners deserve an extra rivet, because there was one there in reality too.

What you will find in the delivery

One hundred and twenty-eight heads of the same diameter. It is material for setting out over an area rather than a finished part of a particular structure, so you determine the arrangement and the rhythm from your own real subject or from a period photograph. That is exactly the strength of an accessory like this: it does not bind you to a shape, it only gives you a building block. The box consists of printed heads and nothing else is in it.