Having sorted the decals, there was nothing for it but to make a start on the rigging. The first thing was to work out how many strands I needed with those loopy thing on. I stopped counting when I got to 64 and that is not including some that I will not put them on..............................Oh well, upwards and onwards as they say.
For those wanting details I have this progressive picture tutorial.
First the tools of trade and equipment, shims, wire, a loopy thingy, tweezers, very fine drill, a #80, sharp knife and a pair of long nose pliers.
One other important item is a good magnifying lamp. This one I picked up a couple of weeks back after my other one suddenly gave up the ghost.
The first job is to drill out the shim, nothing drastic, the drill almost slots in but by doing so any burr on the shim is removed.
This shim is then threaded onto the wire, I know it's a bit of a contradiction, but this is silver invisible thread.
We follow this by threading on that loopy thingy.
Now the real hard and frustrating part, thread the wire back through the shim and pull the thread into a loop around that loopy thingy.
Next up, crimp the shim (thanks for the idea Bill), glue tends to enlarge the shim and when being fitted to the model it is likely it will be glued anyway.
Now cut off the tail end of the wire, giving a nice neat loopy thingy and shim joint for the rigging.
Once one gets the hang of it and into a routine, they can be knocked out about 1 every 10 minutes.
My mate Johnnie was an immense help.