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Jim N.,
Your talk inspired me to start thinking about trying to model an HU.  I
would greatly appreciate any thoughts you might have on piecing together a
reasonable facsimile of this car.
Jim Cochran

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 10:52 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Jim: I make all my side stakes by cutting appropriate width strips from
> sheet styrene. (you need a long steel straight edge for this) The thick one
> is about 1/40th" (I forget the decimal thickness) and the thin (bottom) one
> I cut from scrounged take-out food cup tops. (somewhere between .005 and
> .010) Glad you perceive rivets, as they are not there. If you see rivets,
> you are looking at a commercial stake that happened to be in the right
> place. I don't make any distinction between U section and top hat. As for
> the tapered ends, if they are at the bottom, I use a sanding block after
> all the stakes are in place. If on the H4, I probably taper them after
> application with my chisel blade. BTW: that is the most useful tool I have.
> I have learned how to whittle away any cast-on feature I want to remove.
> And I don't buy new blades. I sharpen with my whet stone. Same for the
> single edge razor blades I use for most of my cuts.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 10:52:59 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Jim Nichols,
> As always your talks are very informative and your modeling is exquisite.
> I was wondering if you could be persuaded to provide some tips on how you
> achieve your results for side stakes and rivet detail.  As I understand it,
> some of the stakes were of "top hat" cross section while others were "U" or
> rounded. Some were tapered at one or both of the ends.  For the "top hat"
> variety, I had considered square rod on top of appropriately wider strip
> next to the car side.  Trying to cut  the appropriate bevel into the ends
> of the tapered ones seems like it might be a touch tricky.  Any tips?
> Also, how do you get all those rivets into the correct positions?
> Thanks in advance for you guidance,
> Jim Cochran
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