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anyone else have the issue of nails with no....stab no them? got a small bag of them in issue 17 and half of them are completely usefull.
is there anymore bags on nails earlier in series or more to come?
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secretreeve wrote:anyone else have the issue of nails with no....stab no them? got a small bag of them in issue 17 and half of them are completely usefull.
is there anymore bags on nails earlier in series or more to come? You get a big bag of nails with Issue 20 Dave H
Current builds :- Hachette 1/16 Tiger Tank
H.M.S Victory, Santisima Trinidad (Section), 1/8 scale Aston Martin DB5, 1/8 scale McLaren, YNWA
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20 huh? big bag you say?
good good glad to hear it. because i've had to ash tray about 15 or so nails that are dead ended. no point on them at all. so hopefully there will be pleanty of extra nails in the bag.
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Hi Guys, I wouldn't be too quick to bin your blunt nails as they do have their uses. Whilst sharp nails are much easier to position and hammer in, they also have a tendency to split wood as the sharp point causes the wood fibre to part. Blunt nails on the other hand tear through wood fibre and are much less likely to split the wood. This is more especially so of tight grained hardwoods. Pre driiling holes where possible is also a good idea. I intend to do this with the deck panels to make sure the nails go exactly where I want them to. Jimmy L.
current builds : Lancaster 1/32 (Hachette)
Revell USS Kearsarge
Titanic Lifeboat
I started off with nothing and I've still got most of it left.
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damn, considering the amount of wood work i do i should have known this!
im building a wardrobe from raw materials, big beggar of a beast too, 10 draws 2 wardrobes top double shelf storage area and an area for a big 27" crt tv. mirrored doors and so forth, got all the framework built but no its costly to panel it atm.
so point is i should have known bout usage of duff nails...thanks for reminding us all though axle, defo appreciate it
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just received my latest issues..the victory is decked and nailed without and probs every nail went in without a hitch,so glad the build is now looking like a build cheers benny
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axle396 wrote:Hi Guys,
I wouldn't be too quick to bin your blunt nails as they do have their uses. Whilst sharp nails are much easier to position and hammer in, they also have a tendency to split wood as the sharp point causes the wood fibre to part. Blunt nails on the other hand tear through wood fibre and are much less likely to split the wood. This is more especially so of tight grained hardwoods. Pre driiling holes where possible is also a good idea. I intend to do this with the deck panels to make sure the nails go exactly where I want them to. Good advice there. Thanks. i dont know what weapons will be used in ww3 but ww4 will be sticks and stones.
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secretreeve wrote:anyone else have the issue of nails with no....stab no them? got a small bag of them in issue 17 and half of them are completely usefull.
is there anymore bags on nails earlier in series or more to come? Me also. 40% of the pins supplied were unusable. 
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Could we file them into to useful ones then? Or would that be a bad idea.  i dont know what weapons will be used in ww3 but ww4 will be sticks and stones.
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I was just putting the lower deck on today and found that a number of nails had their sharp ends missing...I should imagine that it was down to their mass production...but don't throw them away as they can be used in various stages of this build, such as, if you need to strengthen or re-enforce a particular join...I always drill a small hole in both parts and insert the duff nail in both parts and put together with super glue makes one heck of a strong join...  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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jonny7england wrote:I always drill a small hole in both parts and insert the duff nail in both parts and put together with super glue makes one heck of a strong join... That is a better idea. You can drill in the centre of the rib alot more accuratley than blindly or follow marks left on the rib. Then super glue of you choice. Im doin that i dont know what weapons will be used in ww3 but ww4 will be sticks and stones.
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