hello guys, am going to buy this model of wingnut wings and i was looking in the instructions. i found that something not included. rigging material, 0.15 elevators, 0.15 rudder. i dont know what are those things are. can someone pls tell me what are those and where can i find them? thanks for your time and sorry for my english.
nik007,
No worries about the english. It sounds like you are wondering what the “rigging” is. Rigging are the wires that give the aircraft (especially the wings) structural stability. It all those wires you see criss-crossing between the struts. The numbers listed are the diameter of the “wires”. For WingNuts models I believe this diameter is in millimeters. There are additional wires that move the control surfaces (i.e. ailerons, elevators, rudder). WingNuts does a very good job of illustrating where these wires go and how they are arranged. I have built one of their kits so far (the J.1) and it was and absolute delight to build. Please post your progress with this one, as for myself, I would love to see this one built. Its on my wishlist for kits.
Cheers
Dave
I just read a review in FSM on this MOJO and it looks like a great kit…look forward to some pics…
what did you use in your model for the wires? i mean its looks a little complicated. Dont worry about the progress, as soon as i get the model i will post some photos. thanks
I used .010" stainless steel wire for the control cables. I used that because it’s sturdy and, had planned on entering it into some shows.
There is a multitude of materials and techniques one can use for rigging.
Cheers
Dave
I thinking about getting this kit, can’t wait to see your build progress!
there are several materials you can use for rigging. As said above steel wire, but also stretched sprue, nylon tread or fhising line. Here are some tips:
http://www.cybermodeler.com/tips/rigging.shtml
http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page8.html
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/TnT_Archives/Rigging_and_Antenna.htm
thank you very much very helpful sites
thx, i will try them all
My favorite rigging material is “invisible thread” yu can get at fabric shops. It is essentially a very fine monofilament line like fishing line only finer. Considering that this cable was about 1/8 inch in diameter, even in 1/32 scale, this won’t look too fine and more to the point, it won’t look too heavy. I did a 1/72 sopwith triplane with fine fishing line and it scaled out to about a scale 3/4 of an inch in diameter which was way too thick. My favorite feature of this material is the fact that heat causes it to shrink so if it is ever sagging, you can just light a match, let it burn a few swconds, blow it out and wave it under the line and it will tighten so you need never worry about sagging rigging which was a perennial problem for me. Don’t expect the rigging to actually be structural on the model. It will be way too thick before it is strong enough. The Gotha kit requires no rigging to hold up the wings but only for scale accuracy. In that scale, also look to the WWImodels site which is linked to from the Wingnut Wings site and see their article about making scale turnbuckles. I cannot wait to try that technique!
Good luck and remember: pics pics pics.
It seems timing is on your side. The new FSM has a model review on the Gotha with a lot of pictures. The article covers some of the pitfalls and states that states that WNWings covers some of them on their online site. I will probably own one someday, but there are too many of their other models and Roden’s kits I want to get first. I tend to consider modeling as a masochist’s ‘Heaven on Earth.’ I don’t expect too much disagreement from that line, except, maybe, from those who has never stopped to give thought to it. My daughter can’t wait to get her paws on my styrene hoarder’s dream when I kick the dust, so she can sell them and buy her dream mansion in Hollywood when I finally go to the world of missing photo etched parts.