blacknwhiterose Posted April 11, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Hello all! I'm new back to the ship modeling hobby after a 20 year hiatus. Currently looking for rigging/rope for a 1/700 IJN Shoho aircraft carrier that I'm building. I've hunted around and looks like somewhere between 0.047-0.13mm would roughly be the correct diameter? What would be the best brands for this? Edited April 11, 2022 by blacknwhiterose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted April 11, 2022 Share #2 Posted April 11, 2022 I have used EZ-line for rigging ships and aircraft. I don't know what its width is, but it is not round in cross-section, which might be apparent at 1/700 scale. The best thing about EZ line is that it is elastic, meaning it can be stretched between contact points and will create a nice, taut line when fixed in place. Another option that I haven't tried myself but have heard of others using is fly tippet line. 6X tippet is typically 0.13 - 0.14 mm in diameter. Some tippet is available in black, but you'll have to shop around to see if it is available as black 6X. mtaylor 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted April 11, 2022 Share #3 Posted April 11, 2022 It's probably not very nice to point people to other fora, but this topic is more extensively discussed here: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/ You can get silver wire down to 0.007 mm diameter, copper down to 0.05 mm and molybedenum (difficult to cut) down to 0.01 mm. Some people also advocate stretched styrene sprue ... mtaylor 1 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted April 11, 2022 Share #4 Posted April 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, wefalck said: It's probably not very nice to point people to other fora Ya gotta do what ya gotta do! mtaylor and mikegr 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted April 11, 2022 Share #5 Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) in 1/700 every rigging is overscale but a good overscale. Usually anything between 0,03 to <0,5 would be fine. Less than this would be hardly visible material is up to you each one has pros and cons Edited April 11, 2022 by mikegr mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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