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Hi guys would .3 wire (approx .010') be to thick for rigging 48th scale biplanes such as a Grumman F3F-1, just wondered about the diameter as I've

seen Lionroar produce rod this Dia.

Andy.

I used 0.2 mm surgical wire on the Swordfish I just finished for the control cable rigging, and 1.1 lb Fishing line for the Antennae if thats any help.

Peter

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Hi guys would .3 wire (approx .010') be to thick for rigging 48th scale biplanes such as a Grumman F3F-1, just wondered about the diameter as I've

seen Lionroar produce rod this Dia.

Andy.

O.3 what? If mm, that equals 14.4m , full size. True scale thats about equal to the depth of a flat Rafwire (not sure what the yanks used at this time but I'd be prepared to bet it was of simmilar dimensions) though about three times too thick from head-on. Rigging at anything less than, say, 1/24 scale is almost bound to be a compromise between scale accuracy and appearance. I'd suggest 0.3mm wire, painted light grey would look pretty good. I use 3lb monofilament, which at 0.17mmm comes out at 8.16mm, full size and painted a darker grey gives a good appearance. The "drilling and pulling through" rigging method is perhaps a tad more labour intensive, but it gives the whole structure some strength and seldom goes slack with changes in weather - a pal of mine who lives in Crete has one of my models rigged this way and last time I saw it, it was holding up to 40 degree heat pretty well!

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