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Joined: 24/11/2014 Posts: 3 Points: 9 Location: connecticut usa
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What dia treenails should I use for victory? Is there us supplier?
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Hi Pugman, The best way to make wooden tree nails is using bamboo cocktail sticks/tooth picks. Drill a hole which ever size you would like. I use around a 1mm drill bit in a metal ruler or sheet. Then place cocktail stick in a mini drill on slow speed and push into the hole slowly. After so long you should had a 3-4 mm trenail. Its a long process but well worth it. Here is link to my Syren build with cocktail stick trenails. http://forum.model-space...s&m=34291#post34291
Or maybe you can drill holes in planks .8mm and fill with light brown wood filler and sand smooth. Also there is the fishing line method I used on my surprise build. It's quick cheap and has good results. Here is link to Surprise build. http://forum.model-space...s&m=11905#post11905
Chris. On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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At Victorys scale your treenail should be about 0.4mm diameter. another method to add to the others discussed is to drill a slightly smaller hole and use black plastic rod. Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Joined: 24/11/2014 Posts: 3 Points: 9 Location: connecticut usa
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I tried to use a draw plate but takes forever to produce a few nails
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Have a look at my post number #26 in the following Occre Revenge build and you can see how i used fishing line to achieve an effect that looks acceptable.. Hor my latest build i will be trying a different method later this week andcwill be posting updates as soon as i can. http://forum.model-space...aspx?g=posts&t=14254Happy Modelling
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Joined: 24/05/2010 Posts: 1,761 Points: 5,351 Location: London & Greece
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I just used cocktail sticks banged in and smoothed off, Tony. The hole size will determine the proportions. Have a look here. Treenails
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Hi Pugman, modellers all have their own preferred method of treenailing. Think the best thing you can do here is use the forum's 'Search' function and enter Treenail. You'll see hundreds of results you can delve into giving many different methods and showing the results.... From there you can choose the method that suits you best....  Hope this helps. Regards Alan
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