Aircraft Rigging. Walrus 1/72

[Guest]

Building a Walrus 1/72. Bi Sea Plane.

This has a load, a real load, of the disastrous and daunting rigging.

On the real thing on the end of each rigging there is a terminal used on yachts to adjust the tension. On a 1/72 this is going to be difficult (perhaps not possible).

Using for the rigging elasticated thread which I have used before for radio antennae which has been successful.

Any imaginative and bright ideas, from the Professors of this forum, will be gratefully received.

Laurie

[Dave W]

A company called 'Aeroscale' sell 1/72 metal turnbuckles.Also,Have a look at 'Bobs Buckles' web site.Theres a tutorial on how to make them from thread.Looks incredibly fiddly.Rather you than me Laurie!.Ive got a 'Special Hobby' 1/48 Walrus to build.'Gas patch models' sell some nice looking 1/48 buckles which I might try.

[papa 695]

When youv'e fitted the rigging Laurie just put a little dab of super glue on the rigging where you need it then when dry just paint it what colour you want at 1/72 it should look fine.

[spanner570]

Laurie, I needed a similar set up for the adjusters on my 1/144 U Boat's rigging. I used a tiny amount of polystyrene glue - applied with a cocktail stick. This gave a nice scale 'bump' which when painted looked fine.

It should look o.k. for the scale you are working in....Over to the proper riggers on here!

[spanner570]

OOPS! Post crossed......Nice one Ian, what a cracking idea!

[Ian M]

At 1/72 scale I would think they are all but invisible. I would go for stretched sprue and joss-sticks...

Ian M

[Guest]

Hey thanks to you all. Typical of SCM.

Go away for dinner and the answers are there. Many thanks

Laurie