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Insulators
Posted by lpolpo22 on Friday, March 14, 2003 5:27 PM
What is the best way to make those insulators on the radio cables on 1:72 and 1:48 scale models? I tried a drop of glue but it always comes out looking like a drop of glue.

Rich
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Niagara Falls NY
Posted by Butz on Friday, March 14, 2003 5:37 PM
lpolpo22,
I use white glue for radio insulators. What kind of glue do u use??? It works very nicely but you have to do it EVER SO CAREFUL hope this helps. Feel free to e-mail me w/ any more ?? K Flaps up Mike

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    December 2002
  • From: USA
Posted by weebles on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:25 AM
You may want to try different things dependingon scale. For 1/48 scale aircraft I simply use a little thick white paint. Just take a toothpick or similar tool, dip it into the paint and touch it to the cable. Since it's paint in the finish color you don't have to worry about coming back and painting it again. For larger scales you might consider something like a white fabric paint. For smaller just use well mixed paint. By the way I use like a 6x fishing line tippet material for my cables. Good luck!
Dave
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    December 2002
  • From: USA
Posted by jcarlberg on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:38 PM
In 1/48 and larger, it might be possible to use craft beads of a suitable size, shape and color.
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