Post by dbenz on Jan 1, 2012 14:59:13 GMT
Hi,
5 amp fuse wire, or 0.25mm dia brass wire or tinned, whatever it may be, its fine stuff and there must be somewhere hints and tips on how best to bend it to certain exact shapes and generally how to model with the fine wire. Its so easy to bend it accidentally and ruin the work done so far on it ! What I am after knowing is bending it to suit a specific shape and avoiding accidental bends, getting two strands to run parallel yet wander along a snaking path, working with bits 2mm long with a 90 deg bend in the middle, gluing it, when to paint it, how to avoid glue stripping paint, what to use to allow positioning and so on. How to offer it up to the model pre-bent ?
Lets take the two strands running parallel, how best to approach this, glue two together perhaps then bend ? How to do so, superglue would also stick this to the surface its laid on whilst trying to abutt the two wires. Is there a surface that superglue doesnt stick to ?
Bending separately and getting the same bend with radiused curve is hit and miss. Gluing then bending seems to make sense but what glue should one use ? Perhaps also small spots every so often ? It must hold the wires when they are bent afterwards.
If wires are to bend through 90 degrees with one running inside the bend radius of the other, then gluing is no good, glue up to the bend but not the area being bent, then bend wires then tack them to keep them together, and carry on would seem to make sense.
A bending jig ? Try keeping two fine wires flat and together on a surface, or several as I need for one area, how best to flatten them and yet bend them together ? How best to bend several wires at the same time ?
I never see this sort of help in any mags, its always just kit reviews and never the scratchbuild adding of missing detail with a step by step on a specific task like this, but come to add wiring in a cockpit and its a case of how is it done.
Is there a site with this sort of help ?
Dbenz
5 amp fuse wire, or 0.25mm dia brass wire or tinned, whatever it may be, its fine stuff and there must be somewhere hints and tips on how best to bend it to certain exact shapes and generally how to model with the fine wire. Its so easy to bend it accidentally and ruin the work done so far on it ! What I am after knowing is bending it to suit a specific shape and avoiding accidental bends, getting two strands to run parallel yet wander along a snaking path, working with bits 2mm long with a 90 deg bend in the middle, gluing it, when to paint it, how to avoid glue stripping paint, what to use to allow positioning and so on. How to offer it up to the model pre-bent ?
Lets take the two strands running parallel, how best to approach this, glue two together perhaps then bend ? How to do so, superglue would also stick this to the surface its laid on whilst trying to abutt the two wires. Is there a surface that superglue doesnt stick to ?
Bending separately and getting the same bend with radiused curve is hit and miss. Gluing then bending seems to make sense but what glue should one use ? Perhaps also small spots every so often ? It must hold the wires when they are bent afterwards.
If wires are to bend through 90 degrees with one running inside the bend radius of the other, then gluing is no good, glue up to the bend but not the area being bent, then bend wires then tack them to keep them together, and carry on would seem to make sense.
A bending jig ? Try keeping two fine wires flat and together on a surface, or several as I need for one area, how best to flatten them and yet bend them together ? How best to bend several wires at the same time ?
I never see this sort of help in any mags, its always just kit reviews and never the scratchbuild adding of missing detail with a step by step on a specific task like this, but come to add wiring in a cockpit and its a case of how is it done.
Is there a site with this sort of help ?
Dbenz