plug wire

[retroguy]

I picked up some craft wire at Michaels that is a good size for plug wires

Its called stringing wire and it's less than 4 bucks for 30 yds......

[diymirage]

allright, lets see it

[jsimmons]

I picked up some craft wire at Michaels that is a good size for plug wires

Its called stringing wire and it's less than 4 bucks for 30 yds......

I used beading wire on a recent Gato submarine build (the big 1/72 scale one from Revell). The beading wire is flexible and even has strands that make it look like rope. I used the .014 wire.

[Mooneyzs]

I have picked up 30 ga wire from radio shack or an electronics place for plug wire for 1/24 or 1/25th builds. but have also picked up various wire from Micheals as I have seen. usually something works...lol

[Wagoneer81]

I used beading wire on a recent Gato submarine build (the big 1/72 scale one from Revell). The beading wire is flexible and even has strands that make it look like rope. I used the .014 wire.

I'm working on one of these as we speak,(for a friend) and still have my own 1/72 Gato to finish... Thanks for this tip, you just made things much easier for me!

[jsimmons]

I'm working on one of these as we speak,(for a friend) and still have my own 1/72 Gato to finish... Thanks for this tip, you just made things much easier for me!

A related tip - after you paint your stanchions, open the holes up with a pin vise while the stanchions are still on the sprue (this goes for the main deck stanchions as well). Also, don't forget the radio masts that have holes as well.

I also found that it's almost impossible to tie a knot in this wire to secure the ends (on the main deck). I glued all the stanchions on, and then threaded the wire through all all of them. I then used pliers to create a sharp bend at one end push it through the end stanchion from the outboard side of the stanchion, and then super-glued it in place. Once the super glue was dry, I snipped off the excess with some side cutters, and it looks great.

BTW, the wire comes in black as well if you prefer it. I used the silver on both the gun deck and the main deck, and t looks fine. I've got some lighter 0.10 black stuff that I'm going to use for the antenna wires. I have a progress page here (and it shows the beading wire I used so you can see what brand it is):

http://paddedwall.org/plastic/build_GatoSub.aspx

Edited May 29, 2011 by jsimmons