Ingredients
A - plasticard strip (in this case I used Evergreen 0.5 x 1.5 mm)
B -copper filaments from an electric wire
C - CA glue
D - a sharp knife
E - a ruler
F - pins or nails
G - a pair of tweezers
H - a cutter for electronic components (optional)
I - an old coaster (optional - or a scrap piece of plastic, wood, etc..)
H - a wodden or plastic strip (optional)
How to
Step 1
I cut 1.5 mm sections from the plasticard strip with the help of a sharp knife and a ruler that will be the padlock's "bodies"
The "bodies" of the padlocks are ready
Step 2
Bend around a pin the copper filament from the electric wire
The "loops" of the padlocks are shaped
Step 3
Make a loop with the masking tape and attach it to the old coaster, then attach to it a wodden (or plastic) strip and, finally, position on it the copper filaments sections you bent. This prevent them to "fly" away once you cut them
The "loops" of the padlocks are positioned to be cut
Step 4
With the help of the knife and the ruler cut the padlocks "loops" to the desired length
The padlocks "loops" have been cut
Step 5
Attach now the padlock "bodies" to the masking tape loop on the coaster, then dip the cut "loops" ends in the CA glue and glue them on the padlock "bodies". Once dry, in order to srenghten the joint, you can add more CA glue with the help of a pn
A padlock has been completed
Our padlocks are now ready to be used on our models. They are quick to be done, very cheap, and, in my view, they look better than the PE ones that are too "flat".
Happy modeling everybody!!!
