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I use a lot of pirate hooks and straw tubing on my train models as this example:
http://www.brickmania.com/gallery/New/SD90b.jpg
I 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 easily added by using short sections of tubing (with hooks
on each end) connecting each upright.
Dan
In lugnet.build, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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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 donate,
> or sell ultra-cheaply, the dark grey tiles, straws, or headlight
> bits this uses, let me know!):
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ogelrailing.jpg
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> It works out to the right height, and even though the posts are
> a bit chunky, it looks pretty good--it takes the kinks out of the
> rails I used last year, fortunately, and I think it will be a lot
> more stable if I stagger the straw lengths across the long (~300
> stud) deck lengths.
>
> all best
>
> LFB (who's waiting on the last 100 megabricks to get this thing
> underway...)
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