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Project : 1918230HPWnWDH91/32
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paddy
Well-known member
structural rigging is done but another chunk of decal fell of the top roundel, its the 4th attempt at those and i give up, shame really it had the makings of a good kit, i will finish it but its place is already reserved in the bin 
I have tensioned the wires with a soldering iron but its amazing how, when you pick this up by the fuselage you can see some really slack wires and some like guitar strings, put it down again and they are all equal tension which just goes to show how flimsy this is and in fact how it does need rigging to hold it together.
I have tensioned the wires with a soldering iron but its amazing how, when you pick this up by the fuselage you can see some really slack wires and some like guitar strings, put it down again and they are all equal tension which just goes to show how flimsy this is and in fact how it does need rigging to hold it together.
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That's why i use EZLine. I could never get all the fishing line tighten up, get one done and the other goes slack. Short of having working scale turnbuckles I don't know how to get them all tight.
Sorry about the decal issues. Did you put a seal coat on after the decals?
Sorry about the decal issues. Did you put a seal coat on after the decals?
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
A ship modeller friend of mine (the guy who does all the box art for the tumpeter battleship kits) , he gave a great tip for rigging. He does really nice battleship models and uses stretched sprue for all his rigging - a spot of super glue and its done without tightening issues. I tried it on my 2 builds from last year and it made it easy. I have the Ezy line stuff as well.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Sorry to see that you have been having so many issues with this build Paddy. I will take your issues to heart when I get around to my builds.
paddy
Well-known member
Its not the method or materials, its me 
I have done all this before and turned out a reasonable job. When i joined here is was fifty , now i am on a down hill slope to 70 and its hitting home that i cant do what i used to. My fingers are twice as thick now , i can feel much in the tips so i keep dropping stuff. Frustration gets the better of me. I cant do much about things like decals but rather than try and do what i used to do i need to find something to do that i can still be pleased with and really thats going to mean bigger scales i think. Large scale aircraft are out as i dont have the space to build or display 1/24. bikes are ideal because they can be as big as 1/9 and still only 8 inch long but things like a spark plug are still 7-8mm long. cars are ok but again they take up a lot of room in a scale where detail is visible and manageable. I dont know anything about Armour. I think the only real attraction might be the painting and weathering for me.
I could get into figures but i would have to learn to paint and i dont like the way the detail is molded in the bodies , i think straps and belts, packs and so on should be separate to be realistic. Figures are really the holy grail. There was a guy posted here with his perfectly built and weathered truck, his diorama of scrap metal, earth and grass, his tools etc were perfect and the whole thing was a lesson on reality, it fooled me completely.......till you saw the figures with shinny trousers and so on....
In days gone by Steve Ski would have been burnt as a witch now i think everyone aspires to be artistic like him. John Steinman is a master of diorama and Armour in my book and Alex De Leon is the king of scratch. i would love to have a specialty like them that i could work on and refine and improve on.
I have done all this before and turned out a reasonable job. When i joined here is was fifty , now i am on a down hill slope to 70 and its hitting home that i cant do what i used to. My fingers are twice as thick now , i can feel much in the tips so i keep dropping stuff. Frustration gets the better of me. I cant do much about things like decals but rather than try and do what i used to do i need to find something to do that i can still be pleased with and really thats going to mean bigger scales i think. Large scale aircraft are out as i dont have the space to build or display 1/24. bikes are ideal because they can be as big as 1/9 and still only 8 inch long but things like a spark plug are still 7-8mm long. cars are ok but again they take up a lot of room in a scale where detail is visible and manageable. I dont know anything about Armour. I think the only real attraction might be the painting and weathering for me.I could get into figures but i would have to learn to paint and i dont like the way the detail is molded in the bodies , i think straps and belts, packs and so on should be separate to be realistic. Figures are really the holy grail. There was a guy posted here with his perfectly built and weathered truck, his diorama of scrap metal, earth and grass, his tools etc were perfect and the whole thing was a lesson on reality, it fooled me completely.......till you saw the figures with shinny trousers and so on....
In days gone by Steve Ski would have been burnt as a witch
now i think everyone aspires to be artistic like him. John Steinman is a master of diorama and Armour in my book and Alex De Leon is the king of scratch. i would love to have a specialty like them that i could work on and refine and improve on.
I have NEVER been able to stretch sprue in my life. @phantom II did a demo for me at my old shop like a pro, when I tried it I just generated a lot of toxic smoke.
