Aaaagh! Why don't we notice mistakes earlier...

[Guest]

Feeling really chuffed with myself after a first attempt at starting to rig the little Airfix Albatros DVa with wire I took a photo. Only to find that when I looked at the photo I saw that one of the wires was copper and not steel. How come that during sticking all those little bits of wire in I never noticed one of them was copper. I think we will call it a front line field repair.

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[Guest]

Oh my God!!

That's I call patience Barry....

In my opinion....

Ever has to be mistakes.....if not the modelling has been a very bored "thing".... :P

[Guest]

Personally, I have a laterality problem. I confuse opposites. I don't mean to, but when giving driving directions, even if I know we have to make a left turn, the first thing I will say is turn right , and then very, very quickly have to correct myself.

It can make model building a challenge, but it's a small handicap that I must work to overcome. It's also the main reason why I do not drive or have a pilot's license. I don't trust myself.

[papa 695]

You get so engrossed into what your doing you wouldn't know if it was sky blue with pink dots Barry. But easily fixed just paint that one steel when done.

By the way it looks like my fishing rod the last time I went fishing

Looking good so far Barry

[Gern]

Personally, I have a laterality problem. I confuse opposites. I don't mean to, but when giving driving directions, even if I know we have to make a left turn, the first thing I will say is turn right , and then very, very quickly have to correct myself.It can make model building a challenge, but it's a small handicap that I must work to overcome. It's also the main reason why I do not drive or have a pilot's license. I don't trust myself.

You could get yourself a pair of gloves with an 'L' and an 'R' printed on the back!

Gern

[Guest]

In the interests of public safety, it's better if I don't

[eddiesolo]

If you don't have A: A total modelling disaster. B: A lost part/parts. C: A a bad fit. D: A general cock up. Then you haven't had a good modelling day.

Looks good and your patience must be abound to cope with that amount of stringing. I hope the tensioning goes all to plan.

Si

[Dave W]

Don't think Ive ever made a model without making at least one mistake.Done it again on my current Gladiator build.Ive painted the port tailplane colours the wrong way round.Easily rectified though.

[Guest]

It's what makes modelling so satisfying, making mistakes then coming up with a good creative and imaginative reason to justify the mistake!!

You could always change the copper wire to steel, or all the steel wires to copper!!

[Guest]

Paint it gun metal and it will blend in a little more, you must have the patients of a saint to sit and do that mate.

scott

[yak face]

As has been said ,just paint it silver barry, its going to look amazing when its done , I dont envy you tying them all up on the top wing though!! cheers tony

[Guest]

Si, you were right to mention the tensioning. As it was all wire with no give I had to put a fair amount of pressure on each wire to keep it tight but as I did one wire, another one would slacken off. After two day s of fiddling around I'm now onto to plan B and using elasticated thread. Still it got rid of the copper wire.

[Guest]

Wise Barry the elasticated stuff is good. Used it a lot on rigging but care needed to make sure you only tension it just sufficiently as it can twist pieces of the model.

Laurie

[Guest]

Shirring elastic comes in endless colours and is a perfect size for ropes in 1/35, I would imagine it would be OK for rigging aircraft in 1/48 and above.

Its quite a soft elasticity and doesn't put too much pressure on parts its attached to, if you want to solidify it up a bit then you can touch super glue up the length and it will soak it up and become rigid when dry.

[Guest]

Leave it,see if anyone notices when you have finished it.