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Jim, Thank you so much for this great tutorial, I was able to successfully make the stretch spruce rigging and install it on my 1/200 Arizona after reading this thread.

The one question I have is: do you know of any good ways to tighten the rigging lines without having to hold a model over your head?

I am a little worried if I try to hold my 1/200 Arizona over my head with one hand I may drop it ...


Thanks so much

David.

Hello David M--apologies for late response--I have been away and terribly busy at work also....


holding model above you

not much help there 1/200 is pretty big...

i would try and test your marriage and get your wife/partner to hold the model whilst you apply heat/ smoke

Katrin does it for me upon occasions...

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had a huge stainless steel plate attached to the bottom of the case-- and was too heavy for me also..

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For heat tightening rigging on large models, I have found that the best way to hold it above my head is to drill a hole in the bottom of the model, and hang it off of a screw that is very securely drilled into one of the high shelves in my workshop. The shelf is anchored into the wall of course.

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JIm,
The whole incense thing is really THE perfect solution for tightening rigging. It's dreamy how you can see the smoke stream and selectively tighten things up. Great great contribution to the art.! Thanks!

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Very helpful.

I have been wondering what to do about rigging.

I have access to very fine surgical threads (used to sew capillaries and tiny veins), which I was thinking of using.

But I have used stretched sprue before on model tanks for aerials/antennae.

This looks like "It" to do the rigging on my 1/700 ships.

MB

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Working on:


1/700 (All Fall 1942):
HIJMS Nagara
HIJMS Aoba & Kinugasa
USS San Francisco
USS Helena
USS St. Louis
USS Laffey & Farenholt
HIJMS Sub-Chasers No. 4 - 7
HIJMS Sub-Chasers No. 13 - 16

Attaching vertical lines to horizontal antennas should only be done using Matt varnish as an adhesive-otherwise the longitudinal will melt and snap if poly cement is used..

Jim when you say a Matt Varnish are you referring to a type that would be used for wood or matt clear for plastic? Thks kevin

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I use Humbrol ' Matt Cote ' ( the one in the glass jar ) ( image below )


thinned with white spirit ( less aggressive than Humbrol Thinners )

==> high grab, quick dry

allows a little bit of adjustment as well.

Best wishes
JB

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Will do Thks Kevin

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Hi Jim I followed you here from Reddit lol, Thanks for posting in my sprue stretching post now Im here.

That was me who posted on your Reddit thread, actually - Jim's much better at this!

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