Aerials

[Guest]

Morning everybody.

I want to add a 'whippy' aerial to the PzH 2000. What does everybody else use?

I read that somebody else uses florists wire.

I'm off to B&Q later and was going to have a look around there later.

I was thinking about a piece of a guitar string, like a B or an E string? These would be fairly rigid. I might have a look there too.

[Guest]

STOP PRESS

I was just in the shed and i spotted a broom with nylon bristles. They're about 3" long, and exactly the same gauge as the stubby ones on the kit too.

Had a quick count up, and i reckon i have enough aerials for about 3500 tanks!!

Hmmm, i need a bigger shelf to put them on, me thinks!!

[Ian M]

I use a bit of stretched spru. Then you can have it as long short soft stiff as you like. (that sounds wronge in so many ways :-O). And you can often get away with out painting it!

[stona]

I've used bristles from paint brushes (as in decorating your house,not painting models) in the past.

Steve

[spanner570]

I use fuse wire. A card is only a couple of bob and you get 4 thicknesses of wire.

[Gern]

I've got a small collection of cat whiskers that I use. They are suitably whippy and have natural-looking bends and curves.

As a cat lover though, I gotta tell you I'll be MOST upset if I hear of cats crying in pain in your neck of the woods! All mine have been carefully collected as they were shed naturally!

Gern

[Guest]

Accurate Armour do carbon fibre whip aerials, the ones I have seen are perfectly in 1:35 scale, really thin yet strong. Link here

[yak face]

hi dave , ive used the guitar string method ,but all of the above are excellent solutions too.Also check out the unconventional materials thread , i posted one about fibre optic filaments recently , they look good too. cheers tony. ps. i read somewhere that the right size for a radio aerial in 1/35 was about 57mm , so the brush bristles might not be long enough. I stand to be corrected on this as im only a plane guy !

[Guest]

STOP PRESSI was just in the shed and i spotted a broom with nylon bristles. They're about 3" long, and exactly the same gauge as the stubby ones on the kit too.

Had a quick count up, and i reckon i have enough aerials for about 3500 tanks!!

Hmmm, i need a bigger shelf to put them on, me thinks!!

:laughing: