Whittled this out a while back from scraps of mdf and foamed pvc. It's a small 80ft tugboat called Garnock built in the mid 50's, which is now part of a maritime museum collection on the West coast of Scotland. I've worked to 1/150th scale, so it comes out at around 6 1/4" long, so quite a small model.
Pictured are the bucks which once detailed I'll pull some tools from and mould in epoxy glass, got most of the remaining parts construction sussed, but the railings that go round the lower superstructure are going to be tricky, less than ten thou thick. Am thinking of photoetching the whole lot, as turning ball stanchions at this scale is out of the question for me.
Anyone got some experience of making railings for something similar at this scale?
Pictured are the bucks which once detailed I'll pull some tools from and mould in epoxy glass, got most of the remaining parts construction sussed, but the railings that go round the lower superstructure are going to be tricky, less than ten thou thick. Am thinking of photoetching the whole lot, as turning ball stanchions at this scale is out of the question for me.
Anyone got some experience of making railings for something similar at this scale?
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