I have always been intrigued by fellows who, armed with a ponce wheel, straight edge, tape, and scale plans, will reproduce every rivet on their model aircraft that the actual aircraft has. While I get a real charge out of this attention to detail and cannot argue the results such detailing achieves, I gotta admit, I ain't that modeler. However, I do believe in adding the more prominent details on that a lot of these aircraft had, especially those prominent details that give a particular aircraft some character. I had already scribed some sixty-plus "Dsus" fasteners into the nose of my Spitfire as these were not represented by Hasegawa. Three nights with a Swiss beading tool and some Tamiya tape but it was worth the result. Spitfires also had some Prominent riveting along the wing roots. This was represented on the model, but was lost in the sanding process after re-scribing the fuselage. Not to worry though, I had those rivets replaced in about an hour using Archer Fine Transfers "Surface Detailing" rivets. This is just molded resin on clear decal paper that is made to go under paint. They apply just like regular decals and snuggle down with a drop of decal fastener. I like the results and I am sure things will look a lot better under paint.
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