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Old 22 July 2003, 05:23 AM   #21 (permalink)
Michael Scheetz
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Why are wires (bracing and control cables) blackened? I see this in the photos of many models, and the few models that come with the rigging thread are also black. Shouldn't they be silver or some metal color?

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