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Old 01-27-2015, 09:26 AM
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Best line for rigging

Hi all.

I'm building ww1 warplanes and would like know what line is most common used for rigging planes. Which one is most realistic and slightly elastic?

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Old 01-27-2015, 10:03 AM
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I use Ezee-line

It's a very thin elastic. comes in rolls, not cheap but does last.

Available though any good plastic mail order website.

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I used to make wooden sailing ships.

The best and strongest rigging I found was natural fibre - cotton or thin string. All still god after 20-25 years. Still taut.

However the secret is to buy some beeswax and pull the cotton through it before rigging. This both protects it and stops it looking "hairy".

Natural fibre rigging treated like this is easy to work with and will not sag or shrink.
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Ray,

Try this site, I'm just starting to get into WW1 models, and this looks quite promising.

WW1 AircraftModels Forum Invite.

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A little secret which I used during my ship-in-the-bottle days is to use silk thread, it is much less "hairy" and very strong. Running your lines thru bees wax is a good idea too, but I didn't need to do that with silk and it takes glue very well.

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Don't miss the video, "Rigging Aircraft with Tippet," available in the Downloads section. I'm not sure where to get this stuff, but it looks good.
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Tippet is a monofilament line usually attached to the end of a fishing "leader". It's purpose is the present a fly or lure as naturally as possible so as to fool a fish. It comes in many thicknesses and can be purchased at tackle shops, fly fishing shops, online, and even at Walmart. John Glessner's tutorial on rigging with tippet is well worth a read even if you pick some other material for your rigging thread.

One correction to note is that tippet is not used to tie flies. The actual thread used for that is called fly tying thread and is made from a variety of materials though mainly cotton is used. It also comes in black but not silver though it would take color easily.


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try this web site. http://www.bnamodelworld.com/uschi/uc-4006. its a Australian mail order shop and they have lots of fine wire and stretchy stuff. If the link doesn't work got to materials - tubes, cables and wire.
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Hi all again.

Thank you for all your answers, are very useful for me. Tim i start rigging with EZ Line. I purchase it just for that job, but when i looked it closer i found that profile is very irregular, i mean that the section it's not round, have different thickness along and tends to open it in two thinner lines. The pro is that its elasticity facilites the rigging.

Thanks Gary for the link. Really an amazing discovery!!!

Thanks Yale for suggest this video, a lot of learning....

Thanks Curt, I'll try find Tippet. Which thickness for 1/33 scale?

Ray
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Hi Raysven

Found in this web site you reecommended this rigging line: http://www.bnamodelworld.com/uschi/uc-4006 It seems good. Anyone knows it?

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