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Hi All,

        I am new top this forum so I'm trying to get the hang of it.

    I am at the final stages of competing Missouri battle ship. A big job and very fiddly in places and I am at the stage of fitting hand rails to the main deck. I have the pontos photo etch kit and it supplies stanchions for hand rails. I have been using Pontos web site a lot and it has been very helpful but with the stanchions I cant make out if the stanchion is folded and hand rail fits inside the folded stanchion or if stanchion is just folded and glued and hand rail glued on the side of stanchion. Has anyone had experience with this.

 

Thanks Chris.

 

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Hi guy's I have been away for 5 days, very busy.

I have attached a few picks of Missouri I am building, she is 1.4 mtr long.

I will take a few picks of the hand rails and stanchions I was asking about and post them.

 

Chris.

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Mighty Mo, indeed!

 

About 30 years ago I almost got on board Missouri when she was berthed in Sydney. It would have been good to stand on the actual ship where the final surrender was signed and the end of World War Two. But the crowds were so huge and thick that they closed off visiting before I got to the head of the queue and I missed out. Still regret it a little. 

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Years ago the Missouri was bearthed here in Washington and parts were open to the public. Almost no one knew she was here and there was never a wait to get on board. I was able to go through the open areas several times over the years. Then they took her to Hawaii and I am certain that much more of her is open these days to see. But the crowds are probably larger as well. 

 

Looks like you have done a very nice job on your Missouri so far Chris, congradulations.

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

Posted

Hi Lou, Thanks for your comment much appreciated. I am a retired Marine engineer and I went on Missouri in Hawaii and just being on that ship did something to me, I cant explain it but I wanted to get down below but it was all closed off to public.

  Anyway regarding stanchions, I might do a test either way and see what looks the best.

 

Thanks Chris

Posted
On 8/13/2020 at 5:50 PM, RGL said:

Probably an either or option. At 1/200 individual stanchions will look much nicer. I just checked in instructions and they’re quite simple. 

Hi Greg, what instructions did you look at? I have been using Pontos web site where I can enlarge items but I found on page 2 it is very hard to identify which way stanchions are mounted. Could you tell me what instructions you looked at.

 

Thanks Chris

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