Even better, get fly-tying thread at your sporting-goods store - very thin, very strong, many colors, no fuzz, ever.
Jayo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al E." <[email protected]> To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:59 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 35159] Re: FG Airco Dh2 Update 3-20-09 or pull thread thru beeswax. Al On Mar 20, 2:34 pm, "Paul McCool" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're using thread, look for waxed button thread, as it doesn't get > fuzzy like regular thread. That's a left over from years of doing spark > plug wires on plastic car kits. > > Paul M. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alien8er" <[email protected]> > To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:02 AM > Subject: [Papermodels II 35149] Re: FG Airco Dh2 Update 3-20-09 > > On Mar 20, 10:14 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Started to do some rigging on the wings. > > The Airco Dh2 is loaded with rigging. I have never seen such a confusing > > array on an aircraft that wasn't an early flying machine. > > > As usual, my model is not for rivet counters. > > > The rigging looks impressive but is not anywhere near "real". Have > > reference but am picking and choosing what and how I do it. > > Google images shows some pics of reproductions which show your > forest of wires, but also period photos that mostly don't seem to have > been well-enough focused to make all the rigging visible. So I'd think > that if you just matched the "big pieces" visible in the period pics, > that should do nicely, especially if displayed with such period pics. > > > Never done rigging before. It adds a lot to the "feel". It's easy when > > you > > just make it up as you go along ;)! > > I did a styrene Wright Flyer decades and decades ago, strung with > black thread stolen from my mother's sewing box. She got mad, then > when I showed her what I'd used it for, proud. Weirdest feeling. > > > I'm not rushing to finish this model but look forward to the completed > > build - a painting in motion. > > Appreciate the update! > > Mark L. Fergerson- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
