F15A Ford w/Breda in Italian service

[BarleyBop]

GodHandtool sanding sticks

...yes especially that you can cut them for purpose-fit, like in this case, or to follow a rounded or irregular contour.
But when there is room, and you want a square edge, those ultra rigid carbon fibre sticks (left of photo) are pretty awesome too... I have one set up with 400 grit on one side, 800 on the other.

 

[Edbert]

I saw F15 and expected this....

 

[BarleyBop]

F15

Mine's much more aerodynamic!

 

[urumomo]

weird , since that is the X-15

 

[BarleyBop]

Mine is still much more aerodynamic... especially flying across the room!

 

[BarleyBop]

So I assembled the box. The instructions suggest gluing nine lengths of .3mm wire between the hinges to mimic the mechanism on the real truck.
That's way too fiddly for me.
How about use one length of carbon fiber antenna passed through bits of wire sheathing cut and placed in the right spots?
Easy enough to remove the existing hinges. And glue the new ones with the rod in place.

Here is the mockup, haven't removed the plastic hinges yet.


I did look at brass tubing, but cutting 12 tiny lengths would have been a royal pain and a bit big.
And also some larger sheathing with brass rods, but they looked too big.
So I think I have a plan.

 

[urumomo]

What do you use for cutting brass rod and tube ?