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Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
Rigging and using Future & Dull coat
propboy44256
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Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 12:00 AM UTC
Im tackling my first ww1 plane. I am ready to apply the rigging (I use a thread like material, thats mono or nylon like).

Should I do the rigging and then future and dull coat?
or vice versa?

Thanks

almonkey
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Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 12:12 AM UTC
which aircraft is it? if you airbrush these coats it should be ok to do the rigging first, but if you use a brush it may be best to do them before due to the fact that the rigging will get in the way, and you run the risk of snapping lines too, and they are a devil to repair!
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Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 06:31 AM UTC
Although I haven't done any rigging, yet, I would tend to treat it as part of the final construction. In fact I think in most cases it would be the very last thing to go on, apart from underwing stores and the like. I would drill any holes for the rigging in the early stages of construction, far easier to get at.
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