Round-cross-section stretchy line. Does it exist?

[GazzaS]

I have a fair amount of EZ line with a flat cross section.  But I'd like to upgrade for a warship build where I don;t always want to use monofilament.  Anyone know a name of this stuff?

[krow113]

Check out Uschi's stuff.

I have a selection of it and it would seem to be tiny enough for warship rigging.

[Clunkmeister]

I can’t even imagine trying to move a warship around with mono line rigging. It’d last 10 seconds with me and my ham hands. 

Uschi’s stuff is exactly what you need.

[GazzaS]

2 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

I can’t even imagine trying to move a warship around with mono line rigging. It’d last 10 seconds with me and my ham hands. 

Uschi’s stuff is exactly what you need.

Well....   what prompted the change was when my mono separated from the torpedo net boom while I was trying to heat shrink it.

 

[GazzaS]

Unfortunately, seems like I must order it from the land of my fathers...  not available in Australia or from Hannants.

[DocRob]

I would try to get some Uschi stuff. They have three different diameters and I checked the 'standard' line with an optivisor and it looks round shaped.

Uschi´s high stretch elastic rigging - Uschi van der Rosten Carpet Decals (uschivdr.com)

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

Have you checked the Ammo of Mig stuff? BNA (this is your ZIP code?) has three different sizes available. I don't know, if the stuff is round cross sectioned, but I would guess so.

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

+1 for Uschi. he has a "Special ships' rigging" elastic thread that is 0.03 mm. You just need tweezers that can really grasp such tiny thread, good magnification, a steady hand (avoid coffee or other stuff like that) and tons of patience. It can really stretch a lot. And it takes CA very well, even for minute contact points.

I used the "fine" (bigger than the ship's rigging sruff) version on the venerable 1/72 Matchbox Boeing P-12E. (And, btw, I will NEVER again do a 1/72 biplane !). EZ line, although flat, is just to big for the scale.

HTH

Hubert

[krow113]

Uschi's also comes on a nice metal thimble, so when you do a 'setup' for rigging it can be easily put on an axle for better handling.

[GazzaS]

Ooh, didn't know about the Mig stuff.  Might give it a go.  Definitely much cheaper than having to pay Euros and German postal fees.