Rigging practice

[BattleshipBob]

Having a tidy up found this!

No idea when I bought it, its 1 350 to 1 200, so should not be too thick? So cut some lengths of sprue and

Not to bad me thinks, do you though????

Found best way was to slightly over estimate the length then trim after, the joining piece is a bit too short though. Love how elastic it is!

Biggest problem was how fast the accelerator evaporated, dipped one end in, then tried another length and it had gone, tried the spray adaptor but to much for me

 

[Dave Ward]

Having a tidy up found this!
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No idea when I bought it, its 1 350 to 1 200, so should not be too thick? So cut some lengths of sprue and
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Not to bad me thinks, do you though????

Found best way was to slightly over estimate the length then trim after, the joining piece is a bit too short though. Love how elastic it is!

Biggest problem was how fast the accelerator evaporated, dipped one end in, then tried another length and it had gone, tried the spray adaptor but to much for me

Bob,
that's the way to go! - The accelerator - that is where a 3rd hand would be very useful. I have decanted a bit of kicker into a little tube, then used a paintbrush held between my teeth to apply the kicker, with one hand holding the thread & the other applying the CA. It does work, but you can end up with brush hairs stuck to the joint. I had toyed with the idea of fine capillary tubing, controlled by breath, but the kicker is nasty stuff!
Dave

 

[rtfoe]

Some say to add the kicker to the point you want the end to stick then place the end and a touch of the CA and it will harden instantly.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Ian M]

Very tidy Bob. You might want to make some thin sprue and try with those as well. One line does not pull to much, but when you start to add more they all have a tug at it.
I have a signal yard with 16 or so lines on and after it was done it was like a banana!

My method of using kicker as CA. Only needs two hands, not brush or teeth! lol.
A dot of CA on the target part. (DONT use the thin runny stuff, use a medium thick one). Offer the part to attach to the blob and give it a spritz og kicker. Job done. Thinking as I wrote that you kan even do it with one hand but probably not advisable.
Question. >That thread you used, is it smooth and doesn't catch on rough fingers or did you tweezer everything?

 

[Mark1]

Your just showing off now bob

 

[BattleshipBob]

Bob,
that's the way to go! - The accelerator - that is where a 3rd hand would be very useful. I have decanted a bit of kicker into a little tube, then used a paintbrush held between my teeth to apply the kicker, with one hand holding the thread & the other applying the CA. It does work, but you can end up with brush hairs stuck to the joint. I had toyed with the idea of fine capillary tubing, controlled by breath, but the kicker is nasty stuff!
Dave

Cheers Dave, read the accelerators ingredients and yes not nice!! No naked flames lol

Some say to add the kicker to the point you want the end to stick then place the end and a touch of the CA and it will harden instantly.

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard, works well when it's actually liquid lol

Very tidy Bob. You might want to make some thin sprue and try with those as well. One line does not pull to much, but when you start to add more they all have a tug at it.
I have a signal yard with 16 or so lines on and after it was done it was like a banana!

My method of using kicker as CA. Only needs two hands, not brush or teeth! lol.
A dot of CA on the target part. (DONT use the thin runny stuff, use a medium thick one). Offer the part to attach to the blob and give it a spritz og kicker. Job done. Thinking as I wrote that you kan even do it with one hand but probably not advisable.
Question. >That thread you used, is it smooth and doesn't catch on rough fingers or did you tweezer everything?

Hi Ian, to answer your ?? Smooth. Tried by hand and tweezers.

Your just showing off now bob

No way Mark, very early days lol

 

[JR]

Looks good Bob, plenty of practice before the main .

 

[stillp]

Good idea to make up a practice rig Bob.
Pete

 

[BattleshipBob]

Looks good Bob, plenty of practice before the main .

Very true, when you see some of the rigging on many models, my god will my nerves hold up lol

Good idea to make up a practice rig Bob.
Pete

Thanks Pete, next is to make 2 bog standard masts for multiple threads, headache tablets in stock!!

 

[Allen Dewire]

Damn Bob,

Here I was thinking this post was about where you could buy more rigging after using all of yours up doing tests............It is looking good though and I wish you all the luck doing your floaty thingy rigging..............

Prost
Allen

 

[BattleshipBob]

Damn Bob,

Here I was thinking this post was about where you could buy more rigging after using all of yours up doing tests............It is looking good though and I wish you all the luck doing your floaty thingy rigging..............

Prost
Allen

Cheers Allen, slow but steady!

 

[Jim R]

Nicely done Bob. I'm impressed.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks very good to me Bob. It should do the job quite nicely

 

[scottie3158]

Nice work Bob I just used the EZ line for the first time. I put a drop of CA at the contact point then dipped the line in the accelerator and touched it in place and it seemed to work well. It was a good idea to build a practice rig.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Nicely done Bob. I'm impressed.
Jim

I'm shocked lol

Looks very good to me Bob. It should do the job quite nicely

Cheers Tim, like the infini stuff and there's a lot of it!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Nice work Bob I just used the EZ line for the first time. I put a drop of CA at the contact point then dipped the line in the accelerator and touched it in place and it seemed to work well. It was a good idea to build a practice rig.

Hi Paul, worked OK apart from how fast the accelerator vanished