I’m finishing up on a Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190D ‘Jabo’ and I was wanting to add some brake lines to the landing gear but I’m not really sure as to what material to use. So I was wanting to ask what you all like to use in this case? I can do stretched sprue and I have left over thin wire from a Fruil track set.
The hard part is I’ve noticed the brake lines seem to be in two different sizes. A thin brake line going down the land gear leg and it goes into a thicker line to the brake drum of the wheel. Any advice here as how to proceed?
Couple of ways to do it tankster. If you can find the correct size wire for the smaller size with a plastic insulator on it just strip the wire for the thin part and leave the insulator for the thicker part.
My favorite way is to use thin solder for the thicker part. I roll it under a file to give it a little texture. The stuff from Radio hack is rosin core so the center is more or less marked and it and be drilled out to accept the thinner wire.
Here’s the LG on a Tony I did a while back. The thin wire runs up the back of the strut.
I normally use fuse wire on mine. For my 72nd aircraft, I find 5 amp is about the right size, not sure about 32nd. But the wire from Fruil tracks would be to thin. Not sure about the thicker wire at the bottom, there a connector between them, maybe a piece of thick styrene rod and insert the two pieces of wire into that.
Here’s what I got so far. I’m gonna repaint it as I found some seam lines along the wings that need fixing. and I gotta wait for my Ultracast gun barrels to come in as the kits barrels are horrendous.
I mixed up all the colors from Tamiya and I think I got them just about right.
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