detailing wires

hey ive had this though at work (my mind is never on the job) of using a thicker guage wire, stripping it and then trying to glue the insulation to the wire using ca.... anyone do this?? im using wire wrapping wire, its thin(0.5mm), has insulation btw

I'm not too sure what you are trying to replicate in scale, but I sometimes also use the insulation plastic that's around wires to replicate thicker wires or trunking.

If you are talking about the cannon plugs that screw on the back of instruments or to black boxes, here is what I do. Use stretched sprue, drill a small hole to attach the wire, cut to size and glue to the back of the instrument or black box. If it is a very small wire, I attach the cut sprue to the item first, then drill the hole and glue in the wire. It makes it look more to scale.

ummm ... i dont really know what im trying to replicate my self :)
i put some wires in and want to add some colour to the ends so replicate? connectors or plugs or something similar. its not exact, but it does look better with the wires inseide
berny, thanks for the idea, how thick do u stretch the sprue till?

The sprue thickness will be about 25% larger than the wire diameter. If the wires are too thin use a bead of glue on the end to simulate the cannonplug. Try different ideas to see which one works best for you.

The insulation from a larger gauge wire is probably the best thing to use. I did a bit of wiring on a Tamiya Mcalaren MP4-5B using the same idea, and it doesn't look too bad. I actually used small pieces of the rubber tube thjat comes with Tamiya bike kits. What I did was, I put a small piece of thicker bit of wire in one end of the tube, then fed the wire in the other end. This gave the end of the wire a sort of cone shape which made it look like the rubber boots on the wires.

Try a few different ideas and see what works for you.
hope this helps.