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                        radio aerials?

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, February 22, 2016 7:42 PM

                        Wow!! Really??  Digging up a thread that was answered 13 years ago.  What is the point?

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                        disastermaster
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
                        Posted by disastermaster on Monday, February 22, 2016 4:56 PM


                        http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u279/Fooxer/towelwavingsmiley.gif~original
                        Just know that German antenna from WWII don't flex. They only bend from the base.

                        The antenna was a hollow pipe type affixed to a base. It was 2 meters long and tapered to a tip. The necessary flexibility not to break the rod through snagging was supposed to be provided by the rubber base.


                        Here's one type of a base example........
                        http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/DSC03043.jpg~original

                         https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

                         

                         

                         
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                        modelmaker66
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                          July 2013
                        • From: Chicago area
                        Posted by modelmaker66 on Monday, February 22, 2016 3:19 PM

                        stretched sprue is pretty common. you can use guitar strings too.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 23, 2003 1:01 PM
                        I agree with Shermanfreak! Especially if they have to be bent and tied down. There is very little stress involved with the bend.
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                        shermanfreak
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                        Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:32 PM
                        Whisker off of a vinyl paint brush cut to length. Something I've used for years. One $0.99 brush will last a life time.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:44 PM
                        guitar strings...

                        M.
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:12 PM
                        Use left-over plastic sprues from your models and heat-strech them over a candle.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        radio aerials?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:39 PM
                        Being new to the hobby, i am wondering if anyone has any tips for making radio aerials for ww2 german afvs out of common household items. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thankyou.
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