Rigging.....

[Jasta 5 Von Muller]

What is the best stuff for rigging in 1/72? I tried the stretched sprue but is really tough!!!!! any ideas.. where can I get?

[Ross_Moorhouse]

Try Aeroclubs 'Invisble Thread' http://www.aeroclub-models.com/p.html?n=0&c=ART001

[StephenLawson]

Smoke coloured invisible sewning thread. One spool .98 cents USD. Lasts for hundred of builds.

Originally Posted by Jasta 5 Von Muller

What is the best stuff for rigging in 1/72?

Hello. I may be the only person on the planet to do this, but I use strands of hair from a synthetic wig. At a cost of only $3, there is enough supply for a lifetime. Here's a recent example on a two-seat Sopwith Camel in 1/72nd scale:



...and a scratch-built R.E.P. Parasol in the same scale:

[Rittersbach]

Originally Posted by Paul_J._Fisher

Hello. I may be the only person on the planet to do this, but I use strands of hair from a synthetic wig. At a cost of only $3, there is enough supply for a lifetime. Here's a recent example on a two-seat Sopwith Camel in 1/72nd scale:



...and a scratch-built R.E.P. Parasol in the same scale:

Paul, your work is stunning! Very clean build Sir, and in 1/72 all the more impressive. Good tip using the hair strands. Thanks for sharing.

ritt

[Romani]

Originally Posted by Jasta 5 Von Muller

What is the best stuff for rigging in 1/72? I tried the stretched sprue but is really tough!!!!! any ideas.. where can I get?

Get fishing line, 0.16 mm for bracing, and 0.12mm for control cables. I am a novice modeler and I can manage rigging with this. Fishing line is easier to find than invisible thread, and very resistant. Cables won't break or lose tension due to stretching.

[buzz1941]

With stuff like invisible thread, if you drift smoke up from a cigarette into the rigging, it tightens. Which is why I've had the same pack of cigarettes in my toolchest for 30 years.

[drIace]

Another way for tightning is to use the "punks" that come with safe/sane fire works in July. long handles & thin long burning portion that leaves a smoke trail. ( no cigarette smell either)

[drIace]

Originally Posted by Rittersbach

Paul, your work is stunning! Very clean build Sir, and in 1/72 all the more impressive. Good tip using the hair strands. Thanks for sharing.

ritt

Dittos, very nice !!!

Thanks for the kind words!