Hi friends,
I started with the rigging for the Prince.
I saw some members of the forum do it with streched sprue, so I tried that too.
Well, I do not know what I'm doing wrong but it did not work very well for me.
Stretching the sprue was no problem, nice and thin threads.
However,
- the threads kept curving, even after letting them harden in a fixed stand
- the threads broke frequently when appling them to the model
- I could not get them long enough for the radio cables (> 25 cm)
Still, being stubborn, I tried to work with them, see the first two pictures.
After two evenings, I was not very impressed with the results...
I do not know what I do wrong.. Any way, I had to do this in another way..
So I had as discussion with the missus to select the thinnest thread in the house.
She came up with machine thread (0.3 mm).
In order to stiffen the thread and to make them straight I cut them to approx 1 meter, hung them with clips from a cupboard drawer and applied a coat of glue to them with my fingers. Clumsy maybe, but it worked
I let them dry for a couple of hours, and started using them.
I think the rigging is somewhat thick and so not completely in scale.
However, it is the best I could do, so it has to suffice. See picture 3 and further..