As on the F7b, when Mike made his repairs, his filing of panels and joints, caused him to remove rivets on the battens. So I had to replace them to have the detail back. I used Archer rivet decals which, unfortunately, are no longer made. Hopefully, someone will bring them back out. On this shot, you can see the black rivets in place on the rear quarter panel.
The rivets come in strings that you cut to fit and then secure with decal setting solution. They require paint on the brass to have them stay in place.
I matched the size and spacing to what was still on the car body from the builder.
Each area he repaired had to have the rivets replaced. I ran out of the spacing that was a close match, so I used one string that was a little closer on the upper batten strip. This unit will look like it spent some time in the shop for sure! Now we go back to the paint booth for the dark green locomotive enamel final color spray.
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