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Today, I believe I finally finished installing the last of the safety rails. Time for a cold one. These are the two aft pairs of corner safety rails for the upper cabin top. There will be a flexible line connecting these to the other forward safety rails. Also began the two upper cabin top davits and the flagstaff.
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I went through many digital photos of Calypso and could not find any with the radar type included with the Billing kit. It was easy enough to remove the old one and replace it with a carved wood Decca type radar as seen in all of the photos. Thanks again to those of you that pointed this out! There are so many details and visual candy on this ship it is easy to miss one of the details. Installed the bow rails today and painted the double mast assembly. Here is before and after regarding the radar. BEFORE AFTER
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Thanks for those wonderful photos Veszett. They will join my collection of Calypso photos. I will be adding "the big egg" satellite dome later. Interesting to see the narrower thinner radar. I spent a little time today painting some thin veneer strips from my lumberyard gray (grey) to use to mold around the base of the upper cabins and wheelhouse as seen in Calypso photos.
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To begin with, thanks to you that are following this thread. We may never meet, but I feel some level of support as I plow ahead on Calypso. Today, worked on more detail of the observation platform above the masts. There is a four-legged taller radar platform and some forward supports for another satellite communication. Happy with the progress. There is a lot of detail in this small section. More antennas and wind indicators etc. to come. This structure will be atop the two forward masts.
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Thanks Nirvana. As you point out, 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry. I put some white enamel on the railings previously installed which makes the safety rails fit in with the ship. Since I was in the railing mood, I began the safety rails for the upper mast observation platform. It was a bit challenging to make two identical matching wire shapes. I ended up using a pencil to form the outer curves and a larger ball point pen to form the two forward curves. Then slid all of the rails in place onto the two wires and began gluing down the bases. Finally straightened the post vertical and added a dab of Ca glue to all of the joints.
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Back at it today. For whatever reason, I was not looking forward to the safety rail installation. I thought of it as threading a number of small needles but in this case, threading multiple thin wire strands through stanchions. It turned out to be tedious but not too bad. Patience required :0) I was careful to try and get the downward sloping rails at the same angle as the stairs so temporarily had the stairs in place. Now to add safety rails to the bow pulpit and to paint these safety rails.
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I came back this afternoon and started the wheelhouse safety rails and the upper deck safety rails. The rails above the wheelhouse are set in natural wood decking so I placed the stanchions in predrilled holes and painted the bases careful not to get paint in the holes. This will help when it comes time to paint the rails.
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Installed the lower safety rails today. Began by dry fitting running the wire through the stanchions to line the stanchions up. Once dry fit, I began gluing the stanchion bases in place. Then added a small dab of thin super glue to all of the joints. Next, the safety rails over the pilot house and upper deck.
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