I am trying to find a place to buy Nuts & Bults for some scrap building and can not find any.

I ws wondering if anyone knows where to find stuff like that online or who makes them.

I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for the HELP.

Happy Modeling

Detail Associates (railroad stuff) works well also ModelKasten I believe also plus verlinden. Also in RR stuff Grant Line.

Howdy tom,

Kenneth has basically given two good answers. I generally use Grandt Line accessories which I get from a local store called Caboose Hobbies. This line of accessories usually caters to the RR people, so you usually have to do a bit of mental arithmetic to figure out the proper scale to use (a lot of RR stuff comes in 'gauges' instead of 'scales'.
The dandy thing about Grandt Line stuff is they have a wonderful assortment of a multitude of different nuts/bolts. Everything from your standard nut and bolt to wingnuts, carraige bolts, acorn, etc, etc.
hth.

Tread.

maybe you could source a Punch & Die set first. If scratchbuilding interests you, you will be constantly buying bolts. Buying the P&D set now could save in the long run. They are a bit on the expensive side and you need two .. one for round bolts and one for hexagonal bolts. Worth checking out first maybe??

tom try using lead foil?
you can use alan wrenches for hexagonal shapes and a drill bit (flat end) for rivets just push them through a peice of lead foil on a flat eraser? or cutting mat you'll get this sort of effect

If you're doing just bolt heads, then I've had good luck with Plastruct Hexagonal rod and a razor blade.Miter box and a pen line also helps for cutting off equally sized bolt heads.

The nice thing about Grandt line stuff is that they usually come with a representation of the threaded portion, so you can drill into the assembly for added strength, or cut it off is the thickness of the structure is an issue.

Mike

I used to use the octagonal sprue from Airfix kits. I would shave off one set of opposing corners, and then whittle the other four sides down to match a nice hex shape. (It just takes a couple of minutes, either with a hobby knife, or a sanding block) Then I would stretch it over a flame to the desired thickness,and slice it up. One big chunk of sprue with about five minutes of work could give me a few hundred boltheads in varying sizes.

Also check out the automotive section of your hobby shop. S&S (Out of business) and Detail Master both made sets with nuts and bolts in photo etch. I would also try Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland. They had some too, plus they had a neat photoetch product called "Wizard Os' They were photoetched rings all stacked inside of each other. A zillion sizes per sheet. I used them for piston rings in a diorama of a guy rebuilding a car engine. They work well as gaskets, O rings, and should have some uses for armor too.

One last trick I picked up years ago at a model car show was to use straight pins. Just file the heads to a hex shape and cut them to length. I drove SWMBO nuts for a couple of years by putting the calipers on every straight pin in the house. Look for insect pins too. People who collect insects use very fine pins to ount them,and these make great smaller bolts. (In 1/25, they work well for linkages)

Good Luck,
Dave