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Old 01-13-2011, 09:34 PM
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Default RE: 38000 Rivets and 2000 Dzus fasteners giveaway…

ORIGINAL: CKLLOYD

G-PETE DAM I MUST BE GETTING THEM ALL SINCE I RECEIVED OVER 20 EMAILS FROM YOU IN ONE DAY. 20 EMAILS AND YOU NEVER DID RESPONED TO MY QUESTION. WHAT SCALE ARE THESE..... CHUCK
G-Pete provided the following information in an earlier post: "The simulated vinyl is 0.065 (1/16th) inch in diameter and has a spacing of 0.315 inch"

With this, you can do your own math for your particular airframe. For example, if the aircraft you are modeling used 1/8 MS20426 flush rivets, the full scale head diameter was 0.225. So Pete's rivets would be a shade over 1/4 scale. If 5/32 MS20426 rivets were used (0.286 head diameter), then Pete's rivets are a shade over 1/5 scale. So... since airframes used many different sizes of rivets, you need to know the details of your particular aircraft to fully answer the question of "what scale."

Or... you stand back and declare "that looks about right!"