ORIGINAL: Carbon-Customs
im pretty sure that on a russian bird they should feels like a nail not totally hammered in
the pro mark stuff looks good, but i want it in the surface..
about the brass tube, on the F18 you just simply melt rivets direct on the fiberglass surface right?
If you look in the 3rd picture, you'll notice a couple of rivets that REALLY stick out more so than the others. Those are the ones that i burnt in with a soldering iron. Personally, i didn't like the way the "burnt" rivets looked. So i took the brass tube, sharpened the inside of it, placed it on the surface and spun it (by hand) a couple of rounds to "cut" into the paint surface to leave the rivet. I personally think that worked out better, for my application. If you have a higher quality soldering iron that has variable heat settings, you would have much better luck. I didnt want to destroy my $80 soldering iron to do rivets, so i tried using one of the $10 cheap irons modified to hold the brass tube.
Nick,
sounds good. i'll be here in louisiana until atleast friday morning... hopefully i'll get back home friday.