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I'm trying UNI-Thread Caenis for the first time and am having some problems: this stuff gets great reviews, but gives me nothing but headaches - it frays so easily as to make it almost unusable for rigging for my scratchbuilt "Pinguin" in 1/350. What am I doing wrong? I have the UNI-Thread black, 220D 3/0W (whatever that means). I called the company in QC and he said that the fraying was normal (???) and it could be twisted tighter. Anyone had any good experiences with this product....any suggestions? TIA
I've never had it fray. That is a problem with EZ Line. Uni Caenis is kind of hard to knot.
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GMorrison I've never had it fray. That is a problem with EZ Line. Uni Caenis is kind of hard to knot. ....
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I tend to use monofilament, but although it does not fray, it sure is hard to knot also. Like trying to knot fine stainless steel wire! But, lets face it, rigging ships in scales 1:350 and smaller is a challenge we have to live with if we want to rig small scale models.
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I have to interject here ;
Now you know why I use stretched sprue .
Tanker - Builder I have to interject here ; Now you know why I use stretched sprue .
I have tried several times, and just cannot get a uniform diameter. Also, with the running rigging, how do you get it through the blocks and bent to the next point without breaking?
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