Just a quick update;
Got the second DC rack done, now just need to fill them up with DC's. There are a couple of deck mounted racks to do but they are only for parts and a yard or to of wire to tie the charges down with.
At the moment, I am battling with the ships railings. There are loads of them. Two types; Pipe rails that have three three railings and rope rails that only have two. For the rails, I am using a combination of piano wire for the strait ones and brass for the ones with bends in. Trying to bend everything in pairs was proving a bit of a pain in piano wire, hence the switch to brass.
The actual process goes a bit like this;
Clean, trim and drill (some of the posts the hole was either clogged or to small) some 150 odd posts. Clean the positioning holes for paint, glue, filler and other muck. Cut the wires to length. Thread on the required number of posts.
Then the fun part. Position the posts in the locating holes along the length of the run. Having gotten the posts where they need to be, glue the rails to the posts. when dry take the whole lot off, prime and paint. Put back on and glue in place- simple.....:laughing:
I just need the port side of the fo'c'sle to position and glue up and then I can paint the railing forward of the funnel house.
Photos later.