[WWI] Rigging question

[Andy Bannister]

Stuart,
I see what you're after but really you're making this waaaay too complicated! Drill a hole slightly larger than your rigging material (I'm a stretched sprue fan personally) and glue it in. Done. The rigging will anchor to one side of the hole internally but externally it will look like it just passes inside without actually being attached to anything. I very much doubt the control lines are exactly centred on the real thing anyway so a slight offset - if it's even noticeable in small scale - won't matter.

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Andy

Choreographer, writer, producer, teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk

---- Stuart Milliken <milliken at psmail.net> wrote: 
> I'm now planning out my first rigging job (1/48 Eduard Nieuport 11).   
> I've read through all of the rigging articles I can find, but can't  
> find the answer to one specific question:
> 
> When rigging rudder and elevator controls, the forward end of the wire  
> "disappears" into a hole in the side of the fuselage--no turnbuckle or  
> other visible attachment point.  So how, then, does one secure this  
> end of the line after the fuselage is closed, and how does one achieve  
> any tension on the line?  All I can think of is to attach the line  
> from the inside of the fuselage prior to joining the fuselage halves,  
> but that means having all these lines dangling around when I paint the  
> fuselage.  I've considered trying to make some kind of mini expanding  
> anchor such as used for putting picture hooks into drywall, but can't  
> fabricate something small enough that works.  Training ants as riggers  
> and fitters has met with even less success.
> 
> Please, what's the secret?
> 
> Stuart