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How to make Antennas from stretched sprue

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Hi guys!
I made a little How-To on stretching sprue.
It's a old school trick, but I know that there are people that find it difficult to do, so I hope this video will help them a bit. :thumb2:

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Nice instruction vid Frans :th:
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Keep them coming Frans, very enjoyable "how too"
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JayCub wrote:Keep them coming Frans, very enjoyable "how too"
Lee wrote:Nice instruction vid Frans :th:
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Hey will these work for airplane antenna ie.. me109??
Thats the only thing i need to do
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bobbydrake wrote:Hey will these work for airplane antenna ie.. me109??
Thats the only thing i need to do
.liked your video and subscrbed!
Yes it will. :thumb2:
Just stretch it longer. Be careful, it will be more breakable...

I did a Arial antenna for my Bf 109

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Cool! I'm going to try this to make an antenna for my next airplane build! :thumb1:
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Thanks Frans - I tried your method last night and after only 5 tries, got 3 nice antennas for my Stug III and Panzer III - your method works a treat!
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UKguyInUSA wrote:Cool! I'm going to try this to make an antenna for my next airplane build! :thumb1:
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cib2265 wrote:Thanks Frans - I tried your method last night and after only 5 tries, got 3 nice antennas for my Stug III and Panzer III - your method works a treat!
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fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
bobbydrake wrote:Hey will these work for airplane antenna ie.. me109??
Thats the only thing i need to do
.liked your video and subscrbed!
Yes it will. :thumb2:
Just stretch it longer. Be careful, it will be more breakable...

I did a Arial antenna for my bf109

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you make nice models :)!! I will try it out, thank you.

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Very nice tutorial, will try this in the future :clap:
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amateurmodeller wrote:Very nice tutorial, will try this in the future :clap:
Thank you and good luck! :thumb2:
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I use bits of fibre optic taken from a old fibre optic lamp my daughter had, they are about 20cm long and nice and bendy.
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Thanks for the tutorial :th:
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fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:Hi guys!
I made a little How-To on stretching sprue.
It's a old school trick, but I know that there are people that find it difficult to do, so I hope this video will help them a bit. :thumb2:

[youtube]A80xv0N9Bss[/youtube]
Wow thanks a bunch. Gonna have to try this out!
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Homerlovesbeer wrote:Thanks for the tutorial :th:
jacster1066 wrote:
fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:Hi guys!
I made a little How-To on stretching sprue.
It's a old school trick, but I know that there are people that find it difficult to do, so I hope this video will help them a bit. :thumb2:

Wow thanks a bunch. Gonna have to try this out!
Your welcome guys!
Glad I could help :th:
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[quote="fly1ngdutchm4n"][quote="Homerlovesbeer"]Thanks for the tutorial :th:
[quote="jacster1066"][quote="fly1ngdutchm4n"]Hi guys!
I made a little How-To on stretching sprue.
It's a old school trick, but I know that there are people that find it difficult to do, so I hope this video will help them a bit. :thumb2:



Looks like it worked!!!! Thanks again!
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YEAY!!! :banana:
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