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I don't know if I'm in the right area here.  I have spent several hours trying to find a source for nails.  I'm looking for nails about 1/2" long and somewhere around .025" diameter.  I don't care whether they are brass or some other metal.  While I can find kits that include nails, I can't find just nails.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks for your help

 

George Tanty

Santa Fe, NM

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I thought MicroMark had brass lill pins , but theirs are steel.

Start here:

http://stuccu.com/s/Brass+Pins?duk=brass%2Bpins&mt=b&keyword=%2Bbrass%20%2Bpins&ap=1s2&cid=27078024269&caid=51e62d65a7e09215709dc96b&netid=1&network=s&aaid=51e62d65a7e09215709dc973&gclid=CM7c2peWl7kCFa9eQgodSAEAFw

 

Try Amazon,  I got mine years ago - from Model Shipways when they only had solid hull kits

NRG member 45 years

 

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Thanks for the suggestions.  The available sizes are too big.  Before I searched on line, I went to several big and little box hardware stores and two hobby stores.  I need them to hold pieces of 1/32" wood to a jig as part of a scratch build I'm doing of some Civil War armaments.  Anything thicker than 22 gauge is going to leave too big of a hole to plug well.

 

George

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0.025 is a #72 drill   

I got a box of pins that are an easy #71 and tight #72 at a local Farbic Hut.

They also have Mylar sheets at a reasonable price.

NRG member 45 years

 

Current:  

HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing

HMS Beagle 1831 refiit  10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing

The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842
Flying Fish 1838  pilot schooner -  framed - ready for stern timbers
Porpose II  1836  brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers
Vincennes  1825  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers assembled, need shaping
Peacock  1828  Sloop-of -War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Sea Gull  1838  pilot schooner -  timbers ready for assembly
Relief  1835  ship - timbers ready for assembly

Other

Portsmouth  1843  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Le Commerce de Marseilles  1788   118 cannons - framed

La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers

 

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