World's smallest bolts and rivets!

[mmagliaro]

Hi folks.

Yes, sadly, ScaleHardware.com went out of business.   It's not easy to find what they were selling, but you can still get some of it.
The big missing hole is that they used to resell the Tuner Model Manufactory product line, and TMM was where all those cool flanged-head hex bolts and other "steam loco looking" hardware was coming from .    But TMM also is out of business, so once my stash of that stuff is gone, it's gone.

Here are some alternative sources:

Plastic nut-bolt-washer and other hardware details:

http://www.hobby.dn.ua/aftermarket-rivets-bolts-screws-c-129.html

They are in Ukraine, but I have successfully ordered from them online, and the plastic detail parts are good.  They have smaller, more finely detailed NBW washer details than anywhere else I've ever found.  NBW washer details down to 0.4mm !


Brass and plated brass hex bolts, washers, screws and nuts down to M0.6
http://www.prime-miniatures.co.uk/catalog/bolts-hex-head/tin-plated-brass

But nobody has the amazing hex-head, flanged, "drilled head" and other styles of micro bolts like this that TMM
used to sell.

[mmagliaro]

One more...
Here's another source for the micro bolts, nuts and washers, all the way down to M0.5 (and these are real, threaded bolts and nuts, not just simulated hardware!).  Remember, M1.0 is already much smaller than a 00-90.  M0.5 is really
small stuff!


https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware

[peteski]

One more...
Here's another source for the micro bolts, nuts and washers, all the way down to M0.5 (and these are real, threaded bolts and nuts, not just simulated hardware!).  Remember, M1.0 is already much smaller than a 00-90.  M0.5 is really
small stuff!

https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware

Ah, the Pocher models people!  I used to deal with them long before Internet. I'm glad that that business is thriving (those models are getting really rare and hard to find).  Their (Pocher) offerings are very pricey, but top quality.

[Lemosteam]

One more...
Here's another source for the micro bolts, nuts and washers, all the way down to M0.5 (and these are real, threaded bolts and nuts, not just simulated hardware!).  Remember, M1.0 is already much smaller than a 00-90.  M0.5 is really
small stuff!


https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware

If you go to the home page and scroll down, there is an announcement that model-motorcars purchased scalehardware.com.  So theses are the same product.

[C855B]

If you go to the home page and scroll down, there is an announcement that model-motorcars purchased scalehardware.com.  So theses are the same product.

Yes! I thought some of those bits - especially the simulated bolt-and-nut - looked awfully familiar.

[Lemosteam]

Yes! I thought some of those bits - especially the simulated bolt-and-nut - looked awfully familiar.

@C855B Sent you an email regarding...

[Lemosteam]

Also a great chart for miniature metric threads...

http://www.professeurs.polymtl.ca/luc.baron/biblio/Vis_Metrique/METRIC%20THREAD.pdf

[mmagliaro]

If you go to the home page and scroll down, there is an announcement that model-motorcars purchased scalehardware.com.  So theses are the same product.

Ah!  Excellent!  They did look rather identical.  Great to see they survived.
I'm still bemoaning the loss of Tuner Model Manufactory.  They made a lot of other bolt head types, with threads and matching nuts, that nobody else seems to make.