Karen,
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Allan
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Please feel free to PM me your email address. I have ten images so do not want to clutter your log with them here.
Allan
Maybe copper sheeting and some tin snips.
of course its up to you how you do it. But for models, strength isn't a big factor. Those hinge plates virtually see no load. Copper sheets can be purchased in different gauges giving the thickness needed. Cutting strips for those tiny hinges is very easy. You can score the sheet prior to cutting and with long-nosed tin snips, following the line is easy. And when you drill for nails, use a backing board and not over the baseplate opening of the drill press. It'll keep the hinge from bowing. Just my observations from my days of machining and metalworking. Best regards!
i think it was one of the harold hahn books, but it was discussed about making mass parts like this, by making a metal stamp in the right shape, and then punching it out of the thinnest sheet or even FOIL,,, using a soft rubber block underneath the foil.
Personally, its gonna be a pain either way unless you can purchase store made ones in the right manner.
and in a few of the old books written before 1990, they acted like cutting the ribs out on a scroll saw was a "weekend job"
I have open ports, and I often broke them off on previous models while I was doing the rest. When the model is finished, many viewers open and close ports and doors when they look at it. They also sometimes break them off. That's why I make everything very strong.