G'day, Gents.
Keith, any extra work caused was due to my own fumbling fingers. Thanks Tony, it's better than I hoped for my first "bidcage", but still a long way from where I want to be. I suppose I'll have to keep practicing.
As the photo's below show, I still have a fair way to go before I can claim to have a handle on rigging. This is attempt No 4, and despite some saggy wires it's still the best I've managed. However, I tried something different when doing the internal bracing on my SPAD XIII. I used soft plastic microtube (0.4mm OD, 0.2mm ID) from MFH. You can see the range here:
http://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&inc_subcat=1&search_in_description=0&keyword=tube&page=2In the first photo you can see the tubing used to form the eyelet. What I really liked is that the lines are easily tensioned. One of the big problems I had with twisting the line, as Keith does, was getting consistent tension. I'm tempted to redo the rigging again, using this technique, and this time I'll wait until all the lines are done before using some heat for the final tightening. That's one mistake I made on the previous attempts- I heated each line but, as I did more, the first ones sagged.
I've really enjoyed this build, mistakes and all, as I've learned quite a lot. A few little details to do, perhaps re-rig it using the microtube, and I'll stop before I stuff up all my work. I'll keep working on the SPAD, though I'll wait until I have more rigging experience and will take things slowly. I've got the J.1 ready to go next and two weeks to go before retiring, so I shouldn't take as long to get this one finished.
Cheers.
Dal
