BB-3.0 Brass Bars For Modeling 3.0mm (5 pcs)

DSPIAE BB-3.0 is a set of five brass bars three millimeters in diameter. They serve as a load-bearing axle, a pin or an internal reinforcement where plastic alone would not hold the weight of a part.

Manufacturer DSPIAE
Product EAN9991117370379

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3.96 €
3.27 € without VAT
1 pcs in stock
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DSPIAE BB-3.0 brass bars, 3 mm in diameter

Five solid brass bars three millimeters in diameter. This is the heaviest size in the whole range and it is used everywhere a joint has to carry something: a load-bearing axle under a large model, the pin in the arm of a heavy figure, the core of a tree or a post in a diorama, a strut between a display stand and a model.

Why brass instead of plastic

Brass has incomparably greater stiffness in bending than plastic and does not go brittle with age. The material is solid, that is not a tube, so a bar takes a load along its whole length. The surface can be painted without trouble; it is enough to degrease it and spray a primer with good adhesion to metal over it.

How to work with the bars

  • Shorten them with a saw or a snap-off knife against a support, not with sprue cutters for plastic, which would be damaged.
  • Drill the hole with a bit of the same diameter, or a tenth smaller, and ease it to fit.
  • Glue with cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) or two-part resin; ordinary cement for plastic does not hold on metal.
  • Roughen the end of the bar before gluing it in, as smooth brass turns in the glue.

Who they are for

They will be appreciated by builders of large models and dioramas, by modelers who do conversions and by anyone repairing a broken part who needs to reinforce the joint so that it will not give way a second time. Three millimeters is a coarse size; for small pins in small scales reach for the thinner versions in the same range.

Working with metal calls for eye protection, as a snipped-off end flies off at great speed.

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FAQ

Solid. This is not a tube, so the material carries a load across its whole section and suits load-bearing parts.

With cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) or two-part resin. Cement for plastic dissolves styrene; on metal it has nothing to dissolve and does not hold.

With a fine saw, or with a knife against a support followed by snapping it. Cutters meant for plastic sprues would be damaged on brass.

Yes. Degrease the surface and use a primer with good adhesion to metal, otherwise the paint flakes off during handling.

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BB-3.0 Brass Bars For Modeling 3.0mm (5 pcs)

DSPIAE BB-3.0 is a set of five brass bars three millimeters in diameter. They serve as a load-bearing axle, a pin or an internal reinforcement where plastic alone would not hold the weight of a part.
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