roymattblack Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) I posted this info in a Bentley thread but thought it might be of use to all the other 'biggie' builders... Really easy. First - the old style cable connectors using ready-fluxed solder. 1 - drill a miniscule hole down the 'core' of the solder. Easy, as the flux just gives way. 2 - dip your plug lead in a dot of cyano and insert it in the hole. 3 - When dry, cut the piece of solder to a length of about 3-4mm - depending on your scale. 4 - Flatten half the piece of solder with small pliers, with a flat surface in the jaws. 5 - drill a tiny hole in the flattened face of the solder. Done. The pic shows such a lead attached to the top part of a Champion plug. This is 1/8 scale, but I don't think the size difference would notice that much. The actual plugs: The plugs are just short lengths of styrene tube, a small piece of white sleeve from a wire, and a dressmakers pin down the centre. I made up the little champion decals with the three grey lines - they were applied round the tiny piece of tube. Leave the dress pin protruding at the bottom - say, 5-6mm - cut the rest off, drill a small hole in the cylinder head and use the length of pin as an attachment with a dot of cyano. Making an entire plug and lead takes around ten minutes. Another minute or so to fit it. The image at the bottom is the correct size for 1/8 plugs. Download/copy and paste it full width on an A4 page, then print on decal paper. Technically, for 1/12 plugs, you should reduce it by around 33% - I think. Hope its of use to a few of you. Roy. Edited February 5, 2016 by roymattblack 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 and 66% for 1:24.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpfiend Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Very nice Roy, Thanks very much for posting this. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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