5 minute thottle levers, quite easy

[Tail-Dragon]

I'd like to share an idea I had.  Fast, simple throttle, gear and flap levers with a strand of copper wire.

Hope you like ...

 

 

With your #80 drill bit reversed in the chuck (using the shank end), wrap a thin copper wire 3/4 around the bit. Bend the tail end to center the disk, and snip off extra

Flatten the loop with tweezers, and fill center with super glue (I add some talc for filler). Sand sides flat.

 

 

 

Install into pre drilled #80 holes in quadrant. If you drill right through, you can cement with crazy glue from the bottom, avoiding any excess cement on the throttle quadrant.

 

 

 

Hope you like this idea!

 

Colin

[Troy Smith]

You may know this already Colin, but if get some stretched sprue, and the move an end near a candle flame, it will soften and roll back into a knob.   Needs a little bit of experimenting, but gives a different result ...a tip from many years ago I'd forgotten about until reading this one! 

 

cheers

T

[spruecutter96]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing with us.

 

Chris.  

[SAT69]

Both tips look valid to me. Many thanks!

[Toryu]

These are great ideas! I also developed a method over the years which is easy and fast:

I glue the little pieces provided by PE sets into place (or - if unavailable - take a hair from a hairbrush cut short after fixing), then add a drop of white glue to the top and paint it when solid. The advantage is the late provision of the knob which means you haven't invested any time if you lose the piece.

 

Happy modelling, Michael

[Crimea River]

Great tip. Consider it stolen!

[Tail-Dragon]

On 5/24/2020 at 5:26 PM, Troy Smith said:

You may know this already Colin, but if get some stretched sprue, and the move an end near a candle flame, it will soften and roll back into a knob.   Needs a little bit of experimenting, but gives a different result ...a tip from many years ago I'd forgotten about until reading this one! 

 

 

Yes, I've done that on the above for some of the knobs (it gives you a knob or rivet shape), problem is, it's hard to be consistent, and the dome is 90 degrees out from what you need for throttles.

 

Here's the final result (minus paint)

 

 

[bigbadbadge]

What a cracking idea, thanks for sharing.

Will use that.

All the best

Chris

[Tail-Dragon]

… and with paint ...

 

 

 

Edited June 1, 2020 by Tail-Dragon

[Britman]

Lovely paint work.

 

Keith