François Escudé Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 Hi Guys, I'm new in this nice forum, I build 1/72 scale airplanes for ..years ?? began with Airfix and Frog models bags in the seventies .. But I never take care about antennas.. and I must admit that's add a lot to a model in fact. In this scale they should be very thin , so I tried to make them with Mig rigging witch is nice for mast to tail work. but when it comes to side to tail or wing to tail ( ie for early P-40's.) it's not that easy to use.. That's the reason of my post. may be there is an answer somewhere in the forum, if so , sorry for my question and could you give me the link to find info. Anyway thanks for your interest and answers !! cheers !!
Hook Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 Thin guitar string (.008/9) is my weapon of choice. Cheers, Andre
Space Ranger Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 Several solutions: "Invisible" thread (nylon monofilament), fly tying thread, medical suture thread/steel wire, AK Mega-Thin (0.02 mm), Uschi van der Rosten's Superfine (0.01 mm), or even stretched sprue.
72modeler Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 For such a short run, like the IFF wires that go from stabilizer to fuselage, I either use sprue or very fine nichrome wire that I got from a friendly orthodontist. Mike
François Escudé Posted April 11, 2022 Author Posted April 11, 2022 thanks guys for all of these useful information !!!
VG 33 Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 Hello François A picture is better than a long speech : The rigging is made from 0,08mm fishing wire and painted in silver. Patrick
fubar57 Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 I use Uschi van der Rosten. Very stretchy and sticks almost immediately to a small dab of CA
François Escudé Posted April 11, 2022 Author Posted April 11, 2022 thanks again !! and yes Patrick your picture is helpful 😉
fishplanebeer Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 Mike, How fine is the nichrome wire that you use please? I can find it down to 0.1mm on Amazon but does it need to be finer? Regards Colin. Ps. I presume you use ca to fix it in place?
Hook Posted April 12, 2022 Posted April 12, 2022 9 hours ago, fishplanebeer said: I can find it down to 0.1mm on Amazon but does it need to be finer? High E guitar strings can be had for cheap in 0,08 mm. Cheers, Andrr 1
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