how do you fabricate WWII aircraft antennae?

Monofiliment will work very well. I have heard of people who use human hair (I can't do that, what little hair I have is too short.) For aircraft antennas, bi-plane rigging, and rigging on 1/700 ships I use stretched sprue. Its cheap, readily available and when you pass a heat source near it will taughten up nicely. (smoke from a lit cigerate works very well)

I use wire. Find a piece of something like #20 or #22 stranded wire (speaker wire works good). Separate a single strand, but be careful not to kink it. If you kink it you'll never get the kink out, so just pull off another strand.

I strip filliments out of a phone cord.
You can use them for all sorts of things.

I just sorta mastered (term used loosly) stretched spru. I really like it alot. I had to sit and practice for a few hours but got to where I can get that stuff out to about 3 feet long.

32 gauge (or finer if you can find it) jewlers wire and .05mm stretch cord that can also be found in the jewelers area of a craft store. 2 and 4 lb. fishing line has worked well for me in the past as well.

I don't recommend the human hair approach. Acquisition of hair long enough was just too risky.

Stretched sprue and titanium thread.


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