WNW AMC DH2 24 Sqn. Major Lanoe Hawker VC

[IFF1418]

Hello Lance,

Your rigging is simply magic. This is high class modeling. No way I will ever be able to equal this amazing build! Congratulations!

Kind regards
Patrick

[bobs_buckles]

Lance,
You have made this twister of wire proud 
Your rigging is top notch and I'm loving the wee rigging stand. I must knock one of those up for future stringbagging.

More please!

Von B

[lcarroll]

   Many humble thanks for the positive comments, All! This one has a lot of "warts" presently, most of which are fixable. As for "my" Rigging Stand, not so, would the real inventor please claim credit or did I dream I originally saw it here on the Forum. (or did Chris find it elsewhere and forward me a link??) I guess the back isn't the only body part that starts to fail with age!
   Completed photos hopefully by the end of our long weekend.
Cheers,
Lance

[RAGIII]

I am still, and will remain, intimidated by the rigging. Your method is outstanding and certainly looks real! I don't think I have the skills to tackle this one now, and maybe ever 
RAGIII

[radio]

Exellent work Lance.
Martin

[BigBlue]

That looks fantastic, Lance!  Really great work.

Chris

[Ernie]

Lance, my friend, I am absolutely in awe of your accomplishments in this
build.  It is a beautiful model and a testament to your abilities.  I look
forward to the completed pictures.  Well done!

Cheers,
Ernie

[bluemax]

That's outstanding work.

What is that stand made from? It looks really helpful

Cheers

Anthony

[lcarroll]

Thank you all, your comments are greatly appreciated!
Anthony, the stand is a 15-20 minute project if you have the materials on hand. The base is a scrap of cedar plank, the wire is a foot long piece of #10 Gauge household electrical wire, and the top is a 2 X 10 inch long piece of 1/8 inch plywood with a strip of foam glued to it. The wire has an "eye" formed at each end with a 1/2 inch pan head screw and washer to secure it.  I've used ordinary elastic bands to hold the model on, also have some fabric backed Velcro strip to use if necessary. That's it! I think I'll ad a couple of small nails to the underside of the upper piece to hold the elastics from sliding off.
Cheers,
Lance

[iwik]

Hi!
Wow.
Vvvvvvery nice.
Makes me want to train spiders...
Congrats!
Ciao
Iwik

[jknaus]

Somehow I missed this Lance. Incredible work. For some reason I just bought this kit and now have a guide. Can you talk a bit more on your rigging stand?? what materials did you use? (sorry if this has been asked, I was modtly looking at the pictures).
James

[lcarroll]

Iwik,
    Thanks! I wished I had a "herd" (or brace, or bevy, or flock, or pride, what is a gaggle of spiders called anyways???) of trained 8 legged arachnids about day 3 of this little episode. As I said earlier, my experience was that it's not difficult, just very time consuming!

James, see my answer about three posts earlier, I had just cleaned up my shop and tossed out enough scraps of wire to build a hundred of these...........Rona sells the 10 Gauge two wire stock off a roll for around a $1.00 a foot.
Cheers,
Lance

[Chris Johnson]

Great job on the rigging Lance. It's a spider's web to be sure. For a guy who likes rigging, the DH.2 must be one of the ultimate challenges. I'm looking forward to seeing you cross the finish line as I know it's going to look spectacular.

Cheers,

Chris

[mgunns]

Hello Lance:

Outstanding workmanship on the rigging Lance.  Nice, clean and tidy.  Of course the rest looks equally as good.
Looking forward to seeing you wrap this one up.

Best

Mark

[jknaus]

Thanks Lance. I should have taken the time to read everything instead of just basking in the pictures lol. As for a bunch of spiders, isn't that a nightmare???
James