Flying Cloud - Railings

One of the last major "hull" projects before moving on to the spars and rigging.

Construct and install the railings.

The aft section even has tiny little spindles.

You've gotta love CA (Super Glue) for jobs like this.

Did I mention that the spindles were TINY?

After several attempts to bend the wood to make the stern rail,

including making it out of 1mm strips lamenated together,

I gave up and cut the pieces from basswood sheet stock.

Looks pretty nautical huh?

The long side rails are easily bent using the water soaking and clothes iron method.

My universal wood bending jig works great for this.

So I constructed the railing is sections and pre-painted it before installing.

Looks like I found another use for my favorite shop tool - the clothes pin.

Hey... why not just temporarily glue the object right to the clothes pin!

The aft section in place.

Then the aft side sections.

And finally the sides and bow.

Now I'm ready to take my turn at the helm.

Flying Cloud - more deck detail

Now that all the deck parts are finished, they must be attached to the deck.

I'm using 1x2mm walnut strips to make moldings around each part.

I use my Dremel sander/shaper to make the 45 degree mitre joints.

There are a few blocks that need to be installed at this point.

I found some great 22AWG tinned copper wire that works good for stropping.

Looks like galvanized metal.

Here's the aft deck ready for completion.

And the foredeck.