P-51C Mustang Engine Ignition Harness

So there was a slight change from the last post, but if you read the introduction to this project, you know I said I would admit my mistakes. Well this wasn't really a mistake, more of a "oops that won't work" thing, which happens in projects like this. You have to be prepared to have these moments. Nothing is perfect the first time. That's how you learn.

So for the ignition harness wires, I first tried to take metallic string and coat them in super glue so the strands would stay together, but this made the string too stiff and it was a pain to try to glue in place. I wanted them to be stiff, but not that stiff. So I scrapped that idea, cut off all those pieces of string and went in another direction. Instead of coating the entire string with super glue, I coated only the tip to keep the strands together. Then I glued the tip of the string in place on the engine, coated a small portion of the string in glue in the area where I would be cutting it, let it dry, cut the string to length with a set of nail clippers, and then carefully glued the end to the harness.

The uncoated string bends more easily and looks more like the real thing. You don't want to have any sharp bends or obvious straight areas in these wires or it will look really fake and weird.

Half way done. I'd say it looks pretty good for being plastic and string