i just go icm’s muromets russian bomber and the rigging looks like ( well let us just say i may want to use the riggng around my neck instead before i am done) any ideas, what material should i use,etc…[8]
Here are three approaches to rigging. The drilling holes and using monofilament method seems to be favored by a lot of folks. I’ve used stretched sprue to rig a 1/144 scale Moraine Bullet. It looks okay, but out of scale.
Drilling holes and threading monofilament:
http://priswell.com/uggie/Uggie2.htm
Using fuse wire (other types of wire could be used):
http://www.wwimodeler.com/esc/rig.html
More on using monofilament:
http://www.wwi-models.org/misc/rigging.html
Some folks used stretched sprue. They measure the distance snip to that size and glue the stretched sprue in there. My only problem with that method is streching the sprue to an even thickness.
I’ve tried sprue stretching and I don’t know why anybody would continue to use it when nylon fly fishing leader (tippet) is consistent in diameter, a lot less brittle, available from many places, and cheap. I happen to be using a roll of 7X, which is 0.004 inch in diameter, or in 1/72 about a quarter of an inch. It may be available in smaller sizes, but it will also be weaker. I don’t even bother getting it particularly tight. Once the rigging is complete, I just move the model back and forth over a lit candle starting a couple of feet away and gradually moving closer, watching very, very closely for the moment when it gets tight enough. (A soldering iron is a safer approach from a couple of standpoints, but not everyone may have one.)
For tightening rigging, I have found a small portable hair blow-dryer set on it’s lowest speed works very well. A lot neater & safer than using a candle, match or soldering iron.