Global Scale Modeller

Hi

Wonder if anyone has a good technique for bending and forming plastic tow cables for thier kits.

I try using a candle and typically it just melts and get all screwed up.

Has anyone microwaved them?

i have heard of builders using warm water to soften the plastic ....good luck

Which Model are you talking about...

maybe it would be easier to replace them with metal
twisted wire ?

Let us know !

schweinhund227 wrote:Which Model are you talking about...

maybe it would be easier to replace them with metal
twisted wire ?

Let us know !

Most of the Tamiya are straight hard plastic.

I good source for some small braided wire might be helpful

Gb64c wrote:

schweinhund227 wrote:Which Model are you talking about...

maybe it would be easier to replace them with metal
twisted wire ?

Let us know !

Most of the Tamiya are straight hard plastic.

I good source for some small braided wire might be helpful

If anyone can recommend a good source for small braided wire, it would be greatly appreciated! Buying the AM tow-cables can cost a small FORTUNE!! I refuse to pay $20 for a frigging tow-cable/wire!

Thanks!!

Picture frame hanging steel cable comes to mind

As one source!

Any hardware stores have them.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/7 ... L1500_.jpg

Get some wire that a florist would use to support fragile flowers
They are about 0.30 mm thick
They should be uncoated (no plastic layer) and are made from copper or brass as that is a standard material for this kind of wire and it comes on a roll of many meters or yards
The color shouldn't matter as they get painted anyway
so check out a gardening center near you
most should have some of this wire in the decorating department and it should be lots cheaper then after market cables
altough i payed €3.50 per meter for them a few weeks ago
hope this helps
cheers Mark

The picture frame wire is nice but the scale seems incorrect, for at least the wire I have.

Typically I just leave them off

I will be soon trying to bend plastic cables from Tamiya kit.
I'm not getting any extras for this model (early Panther kit), so will have to do with plastic cables.
I read somewhere that you need to put it in very hot water and bend it a little bit at the time, placing it hot water before each time.

Will report how it worked.

Good idea they can get expensive.

This site sells cable I might try some out at a later date.

http://www.rbmodel.com/index.php?action ... &group=084

Old guitar strings work well, bit tough to bend though