Scribing decks in 1:700: a self-made tool

[MichelB]

When attempting to scribe a deck in 1:700, here's something I thought of -and basically built out of scraps of styrene.

Take any number of standard sewing needles, say 10. It's basically your pick. I used 6 for the test article. Cut off the beads off at the ends. Line them up together, carefully next to each other, so that the points form a row of teeth. Glue the row of needles to a small piece of scrap styrene, about a centimeter above the needlepoints. Add another piece to the back of this contraption. Using a ruler, you can now scribe decks somewhat easier. Good luck.

[JIM BAUMANN]

good call

here is a method I have seen used successfully on styrene sheet.

1) make a jig (more complex then oe would imagine!!) that will hold a large(aptly named) coarse Dreadnought file

2) using the jig drag the the file acrosss the styrene sheet, the files cutting edge will scire the styrene longitudinally

3)result--perfectly-evenly spaced very very shallow indentations in the sheet

MUuuucccccch finer than evergeren sheet n-gauge car - siding

Needs practice-(!!!) works well on small boats such as MTB's and tugs--In larger scales the accuracy of the drag- jig is paramount! ( avoid wiggles thru jig slop)

Cheerio

JIM B

[Foeth]

Hmm, does this perform better than the car siding from Evergreen or individually glued strip? (just wondering, perhaps it does for 1:700)