wasnt really sure where to put this, so forgive me if it is in the wrong place. I was making some barbed wire using the feature on this website, and the guy said he used a 34 gauge wire.. i just wanted to know, in england is wire measured in gauge? and where can i get it from?

Thanks

Klown

Don't know about guage, but florist shops are a good bet.

Well, i used some 5 amp fuse wire on my first attempt and it looks far to small for 1/35th scale, so then i tried some 15 amp fuse wire and it looks about right.. or maybe a tadge on the large side

I don't know the guage either but electrical wires are usually really nice for that sort of thing. You can use old netowrk cables, cat5, coax (TV type), mouse cables - all sorts.

I'd go by look and feel.

I'm with Scott on this.It's a feel thing for me.I used a piece of #14 wire and stripped it out to 10-12 inches(30+/- cm?) and went from there.

My vote would be to the smaller size, would love to see a photo comparing the two. I would be more conservative, smaller would look better if out of scale than too large. Phone wire works well and wire scavanged from small electrical motors also would work well.

Paul

I shall get a picture asap.. i lost the smaller barbed wire so i will have to remake some. I will put a figure in with the picture so you can get some idea of scale!

Our sizes are in millimeters squared. I used 1.0mm, 3-core flex, I took oneof the cores( colours ) and used 3 strands from that, twisted them together with a drill then twisted the barbs, also I touched the barb with solder to stop them shifting along the wire, worked ok. I always mean to try different cables, if you don't know any sparks to scrounge off hardware shops might have left overs from reels cheap.

That guy would be me

I used 34 gauge wire because that was the thinnest wire I could find at the time and also it was good size for photographing for the feature article. The thickness of the wire will depend on the scale of the project you are working on. The thinnest you can get the better for 1:35 scale. Just make sure it's not too thin or it may break when you start twisting and pulling on it. Good size wire can be found in the cord of a computer mouse. It is actually several strands of wire. Good stuff.

Well Marty,

I did try that method, and it works really nice.
Wonderful ideas i've got while looking through Armorama.

I'm hoping to get more ideas from this website.

Thanks Guys

34 gage wire is .160mm in diameter. Handy chart at the link below.

http://www.techfest.com/networking/cabling/gage.htm

HTH,

Shaun