Handrails

[Stephen Rainsbury]

That's coming on well.

Thanks, but I overdid it yesterday and my arm really hurts now :-(

With respect to repairing rivets one method I've used is to cut small 'cubes' from plastic (styrene) strip - the smaller the better - and stick them on with liquid solvent.  The trick is not to move them with the first brush-full and then wash several more brushfulls over the cubes to round them off.

That's a good plan. I have some very small bits of plastic from the running gear that I won't need now, I reckon I could easily slice some of that down

The other alternative if you wnated to remove all the kit's rivets would be to use one of the 'textured transfers' (resin printed onto the carrier film) like those made by Archers (available from DCC Supplies in the UK but I;'m sure other places sell them too).  I've found they work best if they are put on over a layer of paint (like primer) then 'sealed' under another coat of top coat paint (I suspect a grey in your case) and one of the 'decal softening' solutions (like Microsol or Humbrol's own 'Decalfix') may help reduce the appearance of the carrier film.

I have looked at those and I think I will order some for my Jouef Decauville rebuild too.

Thanks for the comments

Stephen