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Matt308 said:
wow. Wayne what is the small dialectric mid-fuselage where the antenna connects with the aft cockpit/fuselage. And how did you do that?
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Matt it is the Aerial to fuselage attachment point cover, If I remember correctly I drilled out a small circular piece of plastic and fixed it in place, then painted it white, then attached the lead.
 

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Lucky13 said:
How the h*ll do you attatch the wires to the ends, not to mention wire to wire??
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Starting with a length of stretched sprue...I attach one end to the short post on the top of the tail with a tiny spot of superglue. Once set I then apply another tiny drop of super glue on top of the Aerial mast, I sraighten the length of sprue and carefully sit it on top of the mast with a steady hand, bear in mind the sprue is a couple of inches longer than necessary so where I am holding the excess length is in front of or above the engine.
May take a minute or two...I then add another tiny spot to the top of each attachment point to give it a bit more strength. once set I cut the excess from the aerial mast point with a sharp knife or nail clippers....real carefully!!
The excess piece is then dipped into some super glue to put a tiny bead on the end and it is placed in the tiny hole on the fuselage lead in point and lined up with the main aerial in a vertical position. it is cut approx. a millimeter above the aerial wire and then carefully sort of bent back towards to the rear of the aircraft so it intersects with the main aerial line at a slight angle and superglued again, tiny tiny drop.....and done!

This is the last thing done to finish.
 
Nice explanation, Wayne. Science beats magic everytime.

What tools do you use for REALLY small holes? Where do you find those bits? Dremel? I have found that you have to use a slow rotation drill bit in plastic (hand drill is best) since it is soft and high speed just melts the plastic gumming up the bit.

Thoughts?
 
There are precision drill bits available in small scale, Matt. We use 0,10 mm and similar size drill bits at work, for example (electronics industry).

Specialist tool stockists should have them, or be able to order them, and they're actually quite cheap, depending on the quality you require.
 

here ya go...need to get some more of the REALLY small ones...
 

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Problem with the really small drill bits is, if you buy them from model shops/suppliers, they cost quite a lot. I asked at a local trade hardware store, one of those old fashioned family run businesses that's been going for about 100 years. I was gobsmacked, they stocked them, and at about a third of the price being asked by modelling outlets!
 
Thanks for the explanation Wayne! (Censored) nice 109....never get tired to see this outstanding looking bird...!
As for the drill bits, I bought a set from Modelhobbies which dear boy Terry recommended. I thought that they'd missed one drill until I saw how tiny it was and I thought to myself..."bl**dy h*ll, that's one tiny drill!"
 
With Lucky ,never get sick of seeing it

as for the drill bits ,sorry if this sounds stupid but how do you use them? not just your standard cordless drill I hope?
 
Thanks Wayne. I'm on the hunt for those bits now. Dremel makes a bunch of VERY small bits too that are self tapping with various shapes. Round tip, flat tip, V-tip, oval tip, etc. And I was wondering if some of the new 20th century Dremel tools with variable speed flexible hand tips allow for 0-30,000rpm might be ideal. Anything over about a hundred or so rpm just melt the plastic and gum up the tip.

Back to the regularly scheduled program. I love your canopy fit Wayne. Is there a reason that you don't fit the canopy, mask and then do the camoflauge? Wouldn't that be more realistic of the full scale? I know why I don't do it in 1/72nd, but want to hear The Master's explanation.
 
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