As I follow this thread I keep scratching my head to figure out how you have done so much. Great work.

Bob

Fabulous model. Thanks for the info on the rigging.  Detail is outstanding!!!!
Tom

The rudder was probably the least complex sub-assembly.  A simple boxed frame that was wood stained only on the top and bottom.  I've seen other modelers stain the whole frame and somehow, it came off a bit too much contrast.  The rigging was already installed on the frame and it was a simple matter of installing the frame work first, then hooking up the rudder followed by the cross rigging. 

Before, during, and after shots.  Only addition was the pilot's lever to complete the assembly.  Note that the rudder frame has not been installed.   Now the model is starting to look like a "Wright Flyer" with all of its rigging.  Once the elevator assembly was installed, I was then able to rig the undersides of the plane.

The rear set of rigging pretty much follows the same pattern as the front.  Still pretty simplified in the approach of breaking down into easy steps.  The first picture shows both front and rear rigging as viewed from the front.  The second photo really shows off the two parallel cables running the underside of the top wing as viewed from the rear.  The third photo (also viewed from the rear) shows a little extra rigging with the propeller shaft support frame.  The left side will also be rigged in the same manner.  Starting to look a bit more complicated, but still easy to understand how we got here in the first place.  Tah-dah,  this is all the rigging that can be done to the main frame without adding the rudder and elevator frames.  In essence, we're done at this point.  Ain't so bad, eh?

Before I commence on the additional cross rigging for the front and rear struts, I thought it might be worthwhile to see a simplified set of drawings of my intended rigging and the method of my approach.  It's really easy.  Just basically zigging and zagging up and down through pre-drilled holes of the struts.  As mentioned before, by drilling the holes, I can hope to minimize all of those knots tied to the struts for a nice, clean appearance.  The second picture shows the over-laying of the initial zigzag pattern of the first rigging. For the horizontal rigging, I simply tied a knot to one end of the cross  rigging and carefully threaded it through the middle of all of the struts until the last cross rigging.  There, I just tied a knot and cut off the excess.  I realized, too late, that the first picture should not have featured the horizontal line as I have yet to thread the second set of threads to create the cross pattern needed to tie the knot.  Sorry about that.

Here's a close up of the wing warping rigging as it stands.  This is the right side as viewed from the rear.  I've just added some twisting before and after the pulley and some brass tubing to act as small turnbuckles.  Just a touch of "bling" you might say.  I also connected the ends to the rudder bellcrank and the other end runs under the engine to the pilot's cradle.  At this point just to add some twisting, a couple of tiny brass tubes, and connecting to the bellcrank took all of about thirty minutes. 

Let's have some fun and expand our rigging to the lower wing warping jes' a wee bit.  We'll connect the bellcrank and pilot's cradle.  At the pilot's cradle, the cables are crossed (so as to ensure that it's the left side getting pulled during a right turn and vice versa) and the right side was snaked under the engine.  As you can see, it's still simple and easy.  Only requiring a bit of patience and perhaps a pair of tweezers.  Notice on the right wing, I haven't started on the crossed longitudinal rigging between the front and rear struts.  We're just coasting along and taking our time.  Patience is virtue.