1/87 Wespe resin Diomond T 969 Wrecker

[minitnkr]

Much threading thru micro 74ga. holes. Thanks to Wespe for supply of small dia. waxed thread. The plan was to do most of the rigging before assembly to prevent excessive breakage. So far, so good.
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C&Cs welcomed. PaulE

[minitnkr]

No breakage yet. Screaming towards the finish. Won't 100%, but close enough for one foot viewing.
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C&Cs encouraged. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Looking good mate I found the cables tricky in 1/35 so you are showing great skills at this size.

[JR]

Paul.
Hard to believe that scale, with it looking so good .Well done mate with the cord.:thumb2:
Dzhon

[minitnkr]

Thanks Scottie & Dzohn. Still a bit to go. PaulE

[minitnkr]

Honest, they were tighter last night. Looks like everybody relaxed overnight.
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Not what I had hoped, but it's done. I didn't use weight like on previous rigging for fear of breakage. Lesson learned-again.
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C&Cs welcomed. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Paul,
It's a pity about the tension on the cables but it is still an impressive bit of rigging in that scale.

[JR]

Paul .
That was annoying after all that work.
Bet that thread stretched over night. Could you use the stuff wingy builders use for their biplanes rigging ? Or is that the wrong scale size.
Dzhon .

[minitnkr]

Thanks Scottie. It's too smooth Dzohn. I have scale metal cable of a couple different thicknesses, but they don't like sharp turns. This stuff was perfect I thought. Well waxed, twisted strands looking very prototypical. Ah well, so it goes. On to the next project, 4.2" mortars. PaulE

[SimonT]

Paul, I have twisted my own wire in the past for use in similar situations in order to get things looking taut

Two thin copper wires - tie ends together and chuck in a drill. Hold wires apart then slowly spin the drill to twist them together - works a treat

[papa 695]

That's looking great Paul, pity about the cables though.

[minitnkr]

Thanks Simon & Ian. The model design didn't help. Typical of Wespe in my experience, they do some things really well but the tough parts get less or no attention. The cable guides at the top of the winch/boom frame and at the boom ends were too small-only one pully wide when two were needed. This prevented the cables routed from being free enough to use weighted tackle to keep them taut without risk of breaking everything. I tried to help by remodeling the boom ends, but it wasn't enough. Simon's wire idea might have worked if the wire was small & flexible enough or if I just faked it w/straight stiff runs. The latter was prolly what I should have done as it would have strengthened the whole assembly. Hubris. PaulE

[Steve Jones]

The guys have said it all Paul. Very impressive:thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice Paul is that one I sold you?

[minitnkr]

I believe it was in that lot. The helicopter is still in the stash, but the trailers you've seen in the modern US dios. I know there was more and you put in some extras but I'm unsure what they were. I was doing modern US at the time & finishing up some WWII US engineers so there was likely some of that included. A very good deal. Thank you. PaulE