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Hi everyone, This is the solution I've come up with for warship railing. I'm eager to hear anyone's suggestions or further ideas; I intend to cover the whole ship with this stuff, so it's going to be very part-intensive. (So anyone who's willing to (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Railing prototype for heavy cruiser
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(...) That images is a little bright--can you darken it up a bit? Otherwise, that looks really cool. Since I'm a big fan of apocryphal construction toy materials, I've actually purchased 1/8" styrene stock from the local hobby shop and fed it (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Wait, is it too bright, or too dim? I'm a bit confused as to what you're asking me. But yeah, I've thought about the sheet styrene angle, and I decided against it--I'm a purist at heart. It's hard enough for me to even cut the straws, though (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Indeed it does! (Definitely double rails for me, next time!) (...) (Based on my experiments with double rails... but using SNOT uprights, rather than headlight bricks). I'm not convinced of the overall benefit of this; While it may be (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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Hmm... the railings look good to me... My big question is: HEAVY CRUISER!?! *ahem* Sorry, that came out a bit abruptly... let's give it another go: HEAVY CRUISER? Some elaboration *please*! Got any specific class in mind yet -- a Baltimore? A (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) (URL) is the pattern. My intent is to do the interior of the ship in light grey, and the exterior in dark grey and tan. It should be possible; for the layout, machinery, and deck fittings, I have a copy of Janusz Skulski's superlative _Heavy (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Hmm--now I'm confused. When I looked yesterday, the image seemed strangely dark and difficult to see clearly. Now it's still darkish, but I can see it pretty well. I suspect some sort of elaborate plot to keep me from viewing your (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Dear me, either way you go you'll have lovely heavy cruiser for yourself. Have you thought of how to deal with that bow flare yet? It's got an awful curve to it by all appearances! I've said before, I'll say it again: I can't *wait* to see (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) LFB, I've had a very simular idea for handrails on a boat model i've got in the planning stages right now. Glad to see great minds thinking alike! Derek Hawkins (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) The obvious solution for me is a frame-by-frame construction, with each stud being rendered into a "frame." So I'll be building the flare out SNOTwise below deck level. I have frame-by-frame diagrams of _Takao_ which shall be adequate. It's (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Interesting. I've been trying to figure out a stable solution for strange curves like that for my next wet-navy project... this might be what I'm looking for. Hmm... (...) Small favors, eh? : ) Kenneth Tam (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) What I do is build the general curve around the blocky basis of the hull--you know, a vertically straight horizontal curve. Then I build the curve outward on that. It does mean that my internal order is square; but it also means that I can use (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Railing prototype for heavy cruiser
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I use a lot of pirate hooks and straw tubing on my train models as this example: (URL) was thinking of doing something similar, but with dark gray tubing, for the Cleveland class cruiser I have on the back burner. A second row of railing could be (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
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