I replaced the antenna mast and pitot tube with with bamboo. The bamboo comes from "skewers" used to make barbeque. I use them to stir paint, but after replacing the aerial and mast on a 1/72 Oscar for the tenth time I realized that the bamboo could be used. Using it allows for a more "to scale" appearance AND the big advantage of being very hard to break. I drill a hole and then insert the bamboo part deep into the plastic. Only a very determined wife or pet or varmint could dislodge it.
I use the Tombo glue to attach wires made of of nitinol. Nitinol wires, combined with the Tombo glue and bamboo parts, make a complete "set" that solves (almost) the problem of having these parts knocked off due to dusting or handling or dog playing fetch with it.
IF the aerial wire becomes dislodged, it can be easily re-attached because the Tombo glue remains sticky. The nitinol will not kink or break. You can cut it with scissors (a bit hard on the scissors).
Here's the finished job.
...and Vybornov's Yak-9T takes its place on the shelf.
I wish I had replaced the canopy with a vac-form, or opened it up or something. The landing gear was a bit difficult to assemble. No "fool-proof" method--so things being as they are....
Whatever I managed to foul up I found the kit to be a lot of fun. Next time--after market decals, canopy, cockpit....oh never mind.