| wow, what a great tip with the soldering iron! Nigels basically said everything i was going to...
Fishing wire- make sure you get a nice fine grade and use superglue to join, applying with a needle eye (the eye holds the glue)
Copper wire- my method, i use superglue to apply and havent had any problems.
stretch sprue- never tried it so cant help.
Jewlers wire- i steal this off my sister when i can, its like copper wire but much finer and more maluable.
Remmber though that if your cannopy is open the wire might not be taught. eg: Fw190. A
lso worth a mention is that most aircraft have a little "bobble" on their wires, ive no idea what this is but to recreate it, just dab a blob of super glue on the wire and it kind of "hangs there" and then dries creating the bulge. Definatly worth praticing this a few times as its a bit hit or miss, and at 1:72nd might just be too small. |