Hi There ;
I am heavily involved in the downward slope to done on the U.S.S. Kidd . I thought I would share this . I have three different ways to go . Now which would you choose .
Number One - take short brass rounds and drill a flurry of holes close to the deck edge and come back behind that , and put these short brass pieces in those holes after dipping them in good old C.A. Okay that's the stanchions . Now for the rail material .Navy ships don't have much in solid railing on the main deck .
Cable runs in little hooks serve . broken by the inevitable spaces for boarding , which are closed by chains with turnbuckles with a hook on one end . Paint all .
Number Two - Good old Photo Etch . Same deal , Drill for stanchions and glue in place, leave space for the chained areas and paint. Problem there , have you seen 1/96 scale rails ? They are hard to fatten to the proper look . Yeah , you can use paint , But , how many coats will it take ?
Number Three - To me the best . Do the drill routine and use either Brass or Plastic round rod for stanchions . On the brass you can put carefully teensy drops of Solder or very thick super glue and then hang E-Z-line on it with very tiny applications of C.A.
For the chained openings ? Take the chain made for 1/87 scale ( trains ) ( Tichy Train Group ) has some . Create a turnbuckle from fine wire or use Small turnbuckles from the train source . Install and again Paint all . I know , no pictures , right ? Well ,you all , or some of you have been on ship museums , right ? Well , Duplicate what you saw .
Anyway I think you may be helped by this . I think that Don and " G " would appriciate knowing , I got this whole idea from doing rails on a paper ship ! Yes , 1/250 scale guys ! T.B.