HT lead material.

Hobby Craft .... £1.99 ($3.00 ish) for 15 metres



Next to a standard dress making pin for comparison




0.3mm (equates to 7.2mm at 1/24)

yup.....thats what i use, comes in nice colours too

I will be taking a detour on friday on my way home from work.. I have been looking there but everything I saw was too expensive but now I know what im looking for, cheers guys!!

I been using ones which are in packets, about 6 inch long and approx 50 strands.. I just paint it whatever colour .. Orange on my dead BMW and yellow on the misfiring Mini

Thin black enameled wire can be had in electronics stores/online in a couple of small sizes. Sometimes they call it magnet wire. About $1.99 for a spool of many, many feet.

RetiredMike wrote:Thin black enameled wire can be had in electronics stores/online in a couple of small sizes.  Sometimes they call it magnet wire.  About $1.99 for a spool of many, many feet.

Mike, any problems with the enamel coming off when the wire is bent?

I use individual stands of copper or steel 12 V wire for my HT leads, then paint them black. Works for me since I build mostly to
achieve 'brand new car' appearance.

Solder for the heater & brake vacuum hoses.

webby wrote: Mike, any problems with the enamel coming off when the wire is bent?

I've bent it quite a bit, even restrightened it and bent again and it never peeled.

At the end of the day it's craft wire so should take more punishment than we give it just bending it to shape once!

RetiredMike wrote:

webby wrote: Mike, any problems with the enamel coming off when the wire is bent?

I've bent it quite a bit, even restrightened it and bent again and it never peeled.

Thanks, Mike. I have a Jaycar (Allidins Cave!) shop nearby. I'll stop in.