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  1. 4th February 2008, 05:24 PM #1
    Feralbilly
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    Default Desperately Looking for Panel Pins

    I am building a scale model of a Napoleonic wars ship of the line. The hull planking is fastened to the frames by very small panel pins and my previous source of supply has closed down. Does anyone know where I can get brass, round headed panel pins,0.5 mm diameter and 10 mm long? I am getting desperate.

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  3. 4th February 2008, 06:15 PM #2
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    Try Floataboat page 19 (nails) of the fittings catalogue.


    http://www.floataboat.com.au/Ship%20Fittings%20Cat.pdf
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    http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024...ting_SfitA.htm
    http://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/S...ctID=ART-08107
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  4. 5th February 2008, 12:14 PM #3
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    Hi Bill

    Float A Boat as mentioned below is a great option. Also try Modeler's Shipyard (www.modelshipyard.com.au) in NSW, they have a fair range of supplies and different brands of nails from Float a Boat - both form the major suppliers, so just a matter of matching what you have.

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    A lot of people don't use any pins - simply glue as the pins look out of scale anyway and the original nails were wooden. I have heard of people using bamboo and drawplates to make miniature treenails and gluing them into drilled holes.
    The other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".
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  6. 5th February 2008, 06:46 PM #5
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    Many thanks Guys.
    TK, had already tried Model Shipyard.
    Marker, it looks as though Float a Boat have exactly what I want.

    Peter, what I am doing is glueing and nailing the planks on. I am leaving the heads of the nails proud so that when I sand down the planking the heads of the nails disappear so they look more to scale

    Once again, thanks Guys.

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