Revell Type VII Railings - sizes?

[wayne frey]

I posted this on another part of this website and saw no answers.
What size brass rods seem to look right for making the wintergarden,rungs, and rails on the sail of the Revell Type VII?
I bet someone has lashed one together and stood back and was satisfied.

[JWLaRue]

Wayne,

I have dimensions for the

Wayne,

I have dimensions for the railings...but my notebook is at home and I'm not!

I'll try to remember to pull them this weekend.

-Jeff

p.s. if you send me an e-mail, it would be a useful reminder!

[boss subfixer]

Jeff,
I would be interested

Jeff,
I would be interested too. The rails on my boat are broken and warped. Brass seems to be the best fix.
Thanks
Don

[wayne frey]

Yes,
I am at the

Yes,
I am at the point where this is my next job on the conning tower. Any tips, tricks, or problems doing this would be appreciated also.

[gerwalk]

Gents,
I think you can figure

Gents,
I think you can figure out the actual diameter of the rails from pics like this]http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-604Binn9.jpg[/img]

[wayne frey]

Love the picture. But, I

Love the picture. But, I am not good at guessing.
Size,anyone?

[mike byers]

My guess is 2" diameter

My guess is 2" diameter pipe (in the Photo).

Being that this is a european vessel and the fact that its 50 odd years old, I doubt that railing diameters have changed much in the last several decades.

Nowadays, pipe railings are generally between 1.25" and 2" diameter (1.5" being most common).

From your friendly steel draftsman

[wayne frey]

Sorry,
I meant the size

Sorry,
I meant the size for the brass rod forthe 1/72 hull for the wintergarden,rungs, and deck rails

[mkeatingss]

One and a half inches

[color=#000000]One and a half inches works out to, a hair less than, .021", in 1]

[gerwalk]

I would say 2"... Looks

I would say 2"... Looks bigger than 1.5" to me. I was trying to imitate the hand gesture of the crew member grabbing the handrail and figure out the diameter. But I'm a big guy and my hand is also big so maybe I'm wrong

[wayne frey]

Last night I laid some

Last night I laid some .032 brass rod next to the plastic wintergarden. It looks about right, although the verticals look slightly smaller.
I think the rungs and rail around the base may be the same size also......
Seems like a silly thing to debate. I know a few out there have done this.
Kinda like the RCB question I had not long ago. ( How deep? ),
seems like an obvious question. Surprising I have not seen this question before.....

[captain nemo12]

Hmmm... I don't own a

Hmmm... I don't own a Revell Type VII but I think one way in figuring out the correct size is by comparing the actual plastic railings provided in the kit itself to brass rods you have in stock, it's only a matter of time to finding the closets match!

[captain nemo12]

Oops, sorry, I didn't read

Oops, sorry, I didn't read that last post! Anyways, sometimes the simplest way is the best way!

[boss subfixer]

I remember seeing a post

I remember seeing a post just about the time the kit was released that talked about the inaccurate railings and corrective sizes were mentioned (still looking for the post). It could have been on a different forum.
The thread did say that the rails in the kit were way out of scale on the heavy side, so I wouldn't go by comparing brass rod to the kit rails.
My two cents.

P.S. I did find the post. April 13 04 under scatch built parts.



Edited By Boss subfixer on 1118581219

[JWLaRue]

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