Wow! Lots of help from highly qualified members. I must admit that's impressive. Wurger and Snapdragon were just outstanding in their level of research to make sure that they had the proper instructions in hand before making the suggestions and to scan the instructions with their added notations, that alone took quite some time. Then Snapdragon offered his alternatives of which both carry tremendous weight in providing support to Papa Tango. Really great!
May I offer a small contribution? What many people are no aware of, is the most biplanes nowadays employ flat wire rigging that is airfoil shaped in cross section. This was developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory during the middle stages of the First World War. This term is often referred as "RAFer." This flat rigging provides additional strength and rigidity than the traditional stranded wires that were then is use. As the biplanes' airspeeds increased, this stranded wire rigging setup started to whip in the wind and sway both the landing and flying wires out of alignment. Long poles, called "Javelins" were mounted at the crossed intersections between the landing and flying wires that helped to mitigate this whipping to some effect, but eventually something had to be done.
After nearly four years of searching for an alternative ( & many trials and tribulations of trying to fabricate the flat rigging myself), it was discovered that extremely thin, flexible, lightweight and very cheap Vape metal strips were perfect for rigging. They come in .4mm, .5mm, and .8mm in width. Just a slight tug and a spot of super glue, they will remain taut in place. Papa Tango since you have indicated your willingness to purchase some P.E. for additional highlights for the finer details to your model with the wings deployed for flight, they will reveal all of the rigging in their glory. I can't think of a better way to take your model "to the next level" of scale fidelity. I've been in contact with the editor of Fine ScaleModeler and he's very much impressed with my suggestions.
The reasons why most people do not rig their models with flat rigging is mostly due to their not being aware of the true nature of the rigging itself. Secondly, this type of rigging for models in the smaller scales is not being readily available on the market. This Vape metal strip can be easily ordered through Amazon and you can get a 100' roll of either of the sizes for $8.50 and the shipping is free.
I've enclosed a few pictures to illustrate this thin Vape metal strips and they're perfect for your scale 1/32 Swordfish. I also built a model Swordfish about 35 years ago with a 5-foot wingspan out of wood and covering. It turned out very nice. In the third picture of me holding the two Vape strips, you can see how thin they are. The one on the right is .4mm and the one on the left is .8mm. The last photo is of my R/C sized model. It was painted and finished exactly as the 5-view shown on Aircraft in Profiles book. I hope all this helps.
Sincerely,
Skye
