[WWI] Rigging question

[Andy Bannister]

Yep, though for rigging I prefer to use the old Contrail rod (not Aeroclub's version) as it's a nice gunmetal colour. Sadly quite hard to find now. As Neil says, heat it over a candle and stretch it until you get the desired size. Takes a bit of practice.
--
Andy

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

---- Joseph Fyfield <jsfyfield at gmail.com> wrote: 
> When you guys say "streched sprue" is that literally streched sprue (in the
> sense of the frame for parts) ?
> 
> On 12/10/2009, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Andys right here, centering in the hole is a minor problem. Your real
> > problem
> > is getting the hole in the right place!
> > /Neil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org
> > > [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Andy Bannister
> > > Sent: den 12 oktober 2009 09:42
> > > To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> > > Cc: Stuart Milliken
> > > Subject: Re: [WWI] Rigging question
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > Choreographer, writer, producer, teaboy
> > > www.warpedplastic.co.uk
> >