Thanks very much Bo, Lance, Michael, George, Rick and Steve for your very kind comments.
The struts are made from 2.0mm round bamboo tooth picks, two sides are flattened until the strut is 2.0mm x 1.0mm. The metal ends are fashioned from 1.8mm brass tube, this is half flattened and then cut to length, it is then filed and sanded to shape before being slipped onto the ends of the strut, they are a force fit so no glue is needed to hold them in position. I drilled a 0.5mm hole in the end of each strut and inserted a length of 0.4mm copper wire, this is held in place with CA. For the rigging brackets I made them from 1.0mm wide coke can aluminium, drilled with a 0.4mm drill and cut to length then sanded to shape, thses are then fitted over the copper wire and CA'd in place. The struts are painted with Humbrol clear orange.
Des.
