Looking good. Could you share how you are doing the rigging? It looks like you have glued terminal points in place before adding the wires. I'd be interested to know what products you are using and how you are approaching this.....
Hello, NigelR.
I've used the Gaspatch RAF/RFC resin turnbuckles, metal turnbuckles, and anchor points because they appeared to be the closest matches to the types of fasteners visible on the TVAL and RAF Hendon S.E.5a's. The anchor points and metal turnbuckles went well by either threading the Uschi 0.5 line through the former and/or taking a round turn or half hitch on the latter, then applying a tiny drop of glue. The resin turnbuckles have a tiny bore through them through which the modeler is advised to thread their rigging material first, glue the line into desired points on the model, and then run the turnbuckles up to their proper positions and glue those. I was not able to do that because I used heavy E-Z Line for the paired bracing wires. It hasn'tt gone perfectly because after trying various CA and other "fast acting" glues I could not get them to bond the tips of the wires to the end of the turnbuckles, so I had to resort to gluing the rigging material to the tops or sides of the turnbuckles in order to provide enough area for the glue to gain sufficient purchase sufficient. So, on the microlevel I've had to sacrifice some detail- but I can live with that.
I should have another update in the works this evening as I'm nearly finished and just a couple of bench hours away from mounting the Lewis MG- the last bit to go on.
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