For the past year I have been using invisible thread for antenna wire on my 1/48th scale aircraft, and have been quite pleased with the results. I have seen a few reviews where the modeler had colored the antenna wires (either stretched sprue or invisibole thread). I cannot recall what they used, so I am curious what other modelers have been doing in this regard.
Leave the thread as is? or make the effort to color it with ???? Those of you who do color the antenna please let me know what you use and how you apply it.
Thanks to all.
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Posted: Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 06:45 AM UTC
mj
Illinois, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 09:19 AM UTC
Well, I use a smoke colored invisible thread, and that seems to do it for me. I have heard of others who, when using a clear Invisible thread, either run it through the tip of a black permanent marker, or actually brush paint it when it is in place.
Mike
Mike