My 1/72 scale aircraft

[Dean62]

Just checking in to say my progress has been very slow, and may continue to be, due to some personal medical issues I am dealing with. I didn’t get good news on my annual bloodwork and I have some tests ahead of me to get a proper diagnosis. Any prayers will be much appreciated and I will update once I know what’s going on or once I have some model progress to share. Be blessed!

See ya next time!

 

[Bill-R]

Hi Dean,

I hope that everything will turn out well in the end. My prayers and thoughts will be with you.

Bill

 

[Daniel20]

Prayers coming your way Dean.

 

[Dean62]

Hi Dean,

I hope that everything will turn out well in the end. My prayers and thoughts will be with you.

Bill

Thank you very much!

Prayers coming your way Dean.

Thank you very much!

 

[Peter Voogt]

Just checking in to say my progress has been very slow, and may continue to be, due to some personal medical issues I am dealing with. I didn’t get good news on my annual bloodwork and I have some tests ahead of me to get a proper diagnosis. Any prayers will be much appreciated and I will update once I know what’s going on or once I have some model progress to share. Be blessed!

See ya next time!

Hi Dean. I am very sorry to hear about your health. Hopefully, they can make the correct diagnosis soon, and I wish you a quick recovery.
Regards, Peter

 

[Dean62]

Hi Dean. I am very sorry to hear about your health. Hopefully, they can make the correct diagnosis soon, and I wish you a quick recovery.
Regards, Peter

Thank you Peter, much appreciated.

 

[Corsair]

I hope you recover quickly !

 

[Bryian]

Dean, without going through your entire thread, I was wondering if you use memory wire on biplanes ?

 

[Dean62]

I hope you recover quickly !

Thanks Jeff!

 

[Dean62]

Dean, without going through your entire thread, I was wondering if you use memory wire on biplanes ?

No sir, I use EZ Line…


I typically use black, fine .010” for my 1/72 biplanes. It stretches so much you can pull to tension and glue, and if you bump it, it won’t break or pull loose because it will just stretch! It’s like a super fine rubber band on a roll. Drill tiny hole and super glue on one end, then stretch and glue other end and hold until glue sets. That easy.
I typically brush on matte finish varnish to get rid of ca glue shine. Then I paint bronze color on the end that would have the turnbuckle. Looks convincing at 1/72. Larger scales like 1/48 and 1/32 you can make turnbuckles to glue the EZ Line to.
Hope that helps. I’m sure there are videos on YouTube.

 

[Bryian]

No sir, I use EZ Line…
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I typically use black, fine .010” for my 1/72 biplanes. It stretches so much you can pull to tension and glue, and if you bump it, it won’t break or pull loose because it will just stretch! It’s like a super fine rubber band on a roll. Drill tiny hole and super glue on one end, then stretch and glue other end and hold until glue sets. That easy.
I typically brush on matte finish varnish to get rid of ca glue shine. Then I paint bronze color on the end that would have the turnbuckle. Looks convincing at 1/72. Larger scales like 1/48 and 1/32 you can make turnbuckles to glue the EZ Line to.
Hope that helps. I’m sure there are videos on YouTube.

Thank you for the advice