A metal rigging set for the Gloster Gladiator Mk.I and Mk.II biplane in 1:72 scale. It replaces improvised interplane bracing with exact parts of constant thickness.
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The Gloster Gladiator was a British fighter biplane of the 1930s and the last biplane fighter in Royal Air Force service. The Mk.I and Mk.II versions differed only in details, but both kept the classic interplane gap with struts and a system of bracing wires. It is those wires that decide more than anything else whether a finished model looks like an aircraft.
The set is meant for rigging the interplane gap and the tail surfaces of a model in 1:72 scale. The metal elements have the same thickness along their whole length and do not slacken or change shape with temperature or time, which is the main difference from stretched monofilament. The parts are held in a fret and are taken out of it with a sharp blade before use.
Fit the wires at the very end, when the model is varnished, the paint is completely dry and the surface will take being touched. Drill the holes for the anchor points with the finest drill you have, ideally before the wings are glued together, while you can still get at them. Try every element dry first, because nobody can lengthen a part that has been cut short. Apply cyanoacrylate in a tiny amount on the tip of a toothpick, so that no visible blob forms at the anchor point, and work from the inner bays outward.
It will be appreciated by modelers who build biplanes and want their bracing thin, straight and free of knots. The model itself, paints and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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