No prob  , Baron   ;D

        I almost bought some waxed string used for jewelry to experiment with ( not as hoses but other lines ) but figured they might look odd with the texture they posses     ---   still might  .

     It comes in a lot of really vibrant colors   ..

  

     I also have these Tamiya hoses in 2mm 

             The texture is OK but they are tinsel-shiny   ;D

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  Regular old nylon cord in the middle  . 

     ... The Model Factory Hiro 'hoses' are in ~92mm sticks  (  : )  :

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     I was going to use the 2mm Tamiya to connect the BiC tanks on the port side  , but it needs something heavier so I'm deconstructing this piece in the foreground from a 105mm howitzer limber  ( AFV Club )

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  I've found that artillery kits make great donor kits  !

      They invariably have multiple hand-wheels and other goodies and I always scoop up ones on sale  

      Components going together  - slowly - to replace laser and become giraffe  ...

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  Added head-lamps  ( shin-lamps     )   ,,,  I think they need a little something more added  .. :

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  I added to the " muffler-pump "

    

      as given  :

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   " fantasticated "  :

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     shorter connecting line in the end     :

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  I ditched the copper pipe pieces    .

    

     I needed to mill 1.5 X 3.5mm slots in them to facilitate attaching tie-down straps  and soon realized that I do not posses the tools required to make it less than a week long event    ;D

       .... plus they were too heavy for their purpose   :

             Switched to 1/2 styrene  and trimmed the design  --  just a bit 

      I just don't feel like doing any of this detail drilling and sanding right now  :-[ :-[

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   .. Especially rounding the ends of all these things    --- I need to get creative to make sure they're all as identical as possible ...

 ..................... stuff always looks goood until you snap a picture and view it on the monitor ..

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     More to come   -- I hope  ,

      All comments , questions appreciated  

             Ciao ,

                   

                          Uru