Calypso by mandolinut - Billing Boats - 1:45

[mandolinut]

Removed all of the peripherals off of Calypso today in preparation to working on the upper and lower safety rails.

Nothing is finished yet, but all is getting closer to being finished.  

[mandolinut]

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. 

 

[Knocklouder]

Very nice looking ship,  

Bob  M.

[mandolinut]

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. 

 

 

[mandolinut]

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.

 

[king derelict]

Nice work on the railings, especially the ones for the ladders, it’s easy to get the angle wrong and then it looks very wrong.

alan

[mandolinut]

Thanks Alan. If I had not had the ladder temporarily in place and guessed the angle, I would have been way off and as you said, it would look very wrong.  I appreciate you following my build. 

[Nirvana]

That railing looks fantastic!