discussion Rigging

[Guest]

Hello

Am just about finishing my Sopwith Pup from Wingnut Wings. The last thing to do is the rigging which I have never done before. Can someone please recommend ways of achieveing a taut rigging withour recourse to thread or twine if possible?

Many thanks and Happy New Year

Aidan

 

[Guest]

Hi Aidan !

For 1:72 I use human hair, for 1:48 I heard that stretched sprue works wonders. Check also these links for more ideas:

Tech Tips: Rigging in Scale

Tech Tips: Rigging a World War I Aircraft

/Daniel

 

[Ian M]

The best way to do it will be with fishing line. Its soft flexible and has just the right amount of give to it.

Despite the daunting thought it is not that impossible. You will however need to drill some holes.....:-/

Find the best way to thread it by studying the drawings and if you have them photos.

You will need, apart from the fishing line, some super glue, and a very fine drill bit. 0.5mm will be good enough.

A couple of clothes pegs and some plasticine! A sharp knife.

Drill the holes at the points the wire will attach to the wing then leaving a long tail thread the line through the hole and secure with a drop of super glue from a pin. thread the line through the next hole and take the peg. Use some plasticine to weight the peg a bit. Not to much, just enough to give light tension on the line. when the line is in the right place and tight enough not to sag secure it in the hole. Trim flush with the scalpel and touch up the paint.

This then continues all around the aircraft until all the wires are in place. On 1/72 and 1/48 scale this works rather well. However, on large scale aircraft such as 1/32, you might want to consider all the hardware, turnbuckles and bottlescrews. These can be bought as aftermarket in brass etch.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Failing all of the above, brass wire cut to length gives the ridgid look and stops you having to pull the twine taught to glue it! All you need is a small dab of Super Glue and you have the wire fixed!

Andy

 

[Guest]

Many thanks to the three of you for your kind comments.

Much to try out!

Kind regards

Aidan