GazzaS Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Check out Uschi's stuff. I have a selection of it and it would seem to be tiny enough for warship rigging. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 7, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 7, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Unfortunately, seems like I must order it from the land of my fathers... not available in Australia or from Hannants. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 +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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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