Rigging!!!! Try old dentists drills, cadge them for free and use hand power. Combine those with various thicknesses of fine green nylon fishing line.
Some old modellers used to melt plastic sprue over a candle while gently pulling each end of the sprue to achieve the desired thickness. You could the glue those rigging wires in position.
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Dentist drills for free! The fine ones from hobby shops are pretty pricey. I agree, hand power must be used, or the polystyrene will melt.hobby wrote: ↑24 Apr 2020, 21:57Rigging!!!! Try old dentists drills, cadge them for free and use hand power. Combine those with various thicknesses of fine green nylon fishing line.
Some old modellers used to melt plastic sprue over a candle while gently pulling each end of the sprue to achieve the desired thickness. You could the glue those rigging wires in position.
I fall into the "old modellers" category, I used to do that to make thin bits, but any rigging was fine thread. Now, I have fishing line in the bits box; haven't built in decades, but I have a heap of kits in the "to do" shed.
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As arranged, we now have photos from Allan's extensive collection:
Allan's Shed
AMX-13 & M3 Stuart (Honey)
Bradley
Some of my collection
Grant
Panzer 'LUCHS' 1 1/6 scale
Routemaster Bus 1/12 scale
Sherman "Easy Eight"
Ketterkrad 1/9 scale
Allan's Shed
AMX-13 & M3 Stuart (Honey)
Bradley
Some of my collection
Grant
Panzer 'LUCHS' 1 1/6 scale
Routemaster Bus 1/12 scale
Sherman "Easy Eight"
Ketterkrad 1/9 scale
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Tanks for the pictures Mike. Very nice.
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Thankyou for posting them for me Mike, much appreciated.
Allan
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