andymoore Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I just came across these pics I took last year of my first build using ez-line for the rigging (I used 6ft of the stuff on this kit). Looking at it now, it looks a little untidy - up next is the Airfix Swordfish & this time it's going to be tidy.... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 andymoore, do you recommend the ez-line? Nice model btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 I would thoroughly recommend it - I've tried wire, but never attempted stretched sprue, which is what a lot of people seem to use. I'll certainly be using ez-line on the swordfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 That does look really good! I did have this kit but thought it looked too basic, but you've made it look really nice. I've used that EZ Line and it is superb stuff. Can't see myself using anything but for rigging. Along with gel superglue and accelerator. Oh and it doesn't look untidy to me. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 That's a very nice result from what started off as a somewhat crude kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nice result lad!!! Where did you get this (ez-line) from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Hi Andy. I've got this kit. The EZline I bought came from ModelsRGo and I purchased the Light ( 0.075mm ) stuff. They also do a heavy and I'm wondering what you used? I keep looking at my line and thinking that it looks way too thin. But yours came out well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I used the light stuff - .003 sample packs sourced from ebay. The guy's name us bobemt. It comes from the states, but it can fit in an envelope so costs next to nothing to post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Thanks Andy. Did you have any trouble working with it? Is there a specific technique you used to get the end of the EZLine into a drilled hole - Ive been experimenting and I don't find it that easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I didn't dtill any holes - those wires on the ailerons are simply held in place by a few molecules of CA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Great...I shall give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) thanks Andy, I'll get some.Your model has probably swayed a few of us to have a go, nice one Edited March 11, 2014 by markg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1980 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nicely done, I just managed to get one off evilbay and hope I can do half as a good a job as you have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 1/72 Blimey, I'm working on the 1/32 WNW kit & not looking forward to the rigging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 When I get as far as the rigging on the swordfish I'll try to video it. It may be a while yet as the sun is out and I can hear my golf clubs calling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 That's a nice effort from such an old kit! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 6 feet of line on such a small model????!!! Blimey! Hard to believe! Well done and quite tidy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'd believe the 6 feet. I recently finished the Eduard 1:48 version and used silk thread on it. I reckon I'd have used considerably more. I notice that you haven't added all of the seemingly hundreds of lines to this - perhaps Revell supplied a simplified rigging diagramme (Eduards was a bit hard to follow, so I tracked down a multi page version), or perhaps you felt like I did: by the time I'd done most of it, I felt that in the scale in which I was working (and being forced to use thicker thread), doing it all might have wrecked it. Goodness knows how you felt facing the smaller scale. I ballsed mine up long before the rigging stage, but your efforts are all the more impressive considering how little space you must have had to work with to apply the lines between the wings. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 I did decide to stop before it was complete. I was working with photos of a full size replica. It got to the point that I felt any more would be too much. Having done this one I definitely want to do more dh2s. I must be mad, but I'm also contemplating the Inpact boxkite, and the revell wright flyer. But at larger scales I would probably use turnbuckles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I left some off and it still looked crowded - I figured you might have felt the same. We must be gluttons for punishment, because I'm seriously considering the WNW version! I have a tremor associated with an old neck injury that makes any rigging difficult. No way I'm going near turnbuckles, but they'd certainly look the goods. I'd look forward to the other two as well - it's a pity pre-WWI planes aren't readily available (I get why not from economic perspectives, but it's a shame). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedmouth Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nicely done. Good work on the rigging. It's a real rat's nest isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I used the light stuff - .003 sample packs sourced from ebay. The guy's name us bobemt. It comes from the states, but it can fit in an envelope so costs next to nothing to post Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 WNW sell the full size (100 foot/30 meter) reels for $16 USD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 WNW sell the full size (100 foot/30 meter) reels for $16 USD. That's interesting - the little batch I bought was stated as being .003 - I've just done a little arithmetic & the reels on WNW are 0.15mm, this equates to .006 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Nice one Andy! It's a fascinating plane to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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