I feel like a moron for asking this. The Strv 122 instructions call for .5 wire. I don't know if this is a wire gage or what. The kit is from Europe so I might be a metric measurement. Went to the LHS and got some .020, 1/32 and 3/64 wire pieces. Which is closest?

Thanks,
Paul

.5 is half a millimetre or 20thou

PS> I don't think the question a silly one

So does this mean that .5/10 millimeters in a centimeter * .39 = .0195 of an inch so the .020 is the closest match?

Paul

sorry Paul I only know metrics and the fact that 40thou = 1mm.

I have not worked in feet & inchesfor 35 years and an no where good at maths

Visit this web site:
Online metric conversions

HTH.

Yup. .5 mm / 25.4 mm/inch = 0.0196850394 inch and that matches around .020 inch.

Wire & things are tough, some come in inches, some in metric, some in gauge, and some in small/medium/large -- and it doesn't help that the larger the gaugew number, the smaller the diameter.

Of course if you were into to old sailing ships, you'd find they measured rope by circumference -- and if you don't get that straight your model really looks funny ....