Well, it's "just" 3 years ago since my last posting. The LVG went to the shelf of doom after I experimented with new rigging materials. The artifical hair didn't work. It was hard to tension and sagged after a few days.
I decided to remove the upper wing to remove the artifical hair and the selfmade turnbuckles but the three part upper wing brokes in two parts. At this point I lost my temper and put the whole thing into a box.
Some days ago, while cleaning my hobby room, I found that box again. A decision was to made. Trash or try? I had some time, no projects on my workbench and no WW1 plane since three years. So I decieded to give it a last try. I repaired the wing, glued invisible thread (my favorite material) into newly bired holes and glued the upper wing onto the center struts. After drying, I added the wing struts which I made from brass (thinned struts from the company Strutz).
After all has dried I started rigging again, beginning from the outside.