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Duvaio posted an update in the group 1/700 modelling page 9 years ago
This is the current state of my Shiratsuyu.
Being this my first Tamiya kit I’m actually impressed, it was $5 and it even came with a highly detailed extra sprue with tine planes (Seiran, A6M2, etc) and accessories like turrets to add extra detail to the model/diorama, and even a metal weight to place inside!
I do have some problems with the rigging, it has a lot of it and I’m not sure how to do it, I read to use stretched sprue so I’ll probably give it a try.
I found this guide helpful for creating rigging from sprue
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=37536
This is great, thanks.
I love the ship, just wonderful!
For rigging, I tried using stretched sprue, but not like the guide in the link, as I couldn’t manage it.
I cut them to shape and glued.
Currently I used very thin fishing wire which works perfectly.
I recommend UNI-caenis fishing wire, 20 denier and 30 denier.
I learned about them from David Griffith’s superb ship modelling book, which when I started building ship proved very useful.
Try his wiring method you won’t be disappointed :):
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=34990
And here is a link for caenis wire:
http://www.flytyingshop.co.uk/product-p/unicaenis.htm
and the book:
Hope this helps,
All the best,
Eyal.
Thanks! I ended up using stretched sprue since it was quite hard to get caenis wire over here, but I glued it as posted in there. Been quite busy but I hope I can finish it and post pics soon, thanks for the help!
Cool, will be happy to see pictures of the rigged model 🙂