Tetra Model Works 1:700 WWII United States Navy Fine Rail Set is a photo-etched set of fine ship railings for American warships of the Second World War. It is an accessory for a ship kit, not a model.
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A photo-etched set of railings in 1:700 scale, deriving in shape from the practice of the US Navy in the period of the Second World War. It is not a model of a ship but an accessory: from the sheet you cut out the lengths you need and with them you either replace the coarse plastic outlines of the deck or add railings where the kit does not have them at all. The designation Fine refers to the finer release of the stanchions and the wires, which in such a small scale looks noticeably more faithful than thicker photo-etch.
A deck railing on a real ship is a structure of stanchions and taut wires only a few centimeters thick; converted to 1:700 scale it is a fraction of a millimeter. That is exactly why it cannot be done in injection-molded plastic - it is either missing or senselessly thick. The number of wires between the stanchions differs from ship to ship according to the deck and the period, so a railing tends to be one of the first details that an experienced builder replaces on a ship model.
Glue the railings only after the deck and the hull have been painted, otherwise the area beneath them cannot be reached. Cut the strips off with a small margin, offer them up dry and only then apply cyanoacrylate glue - best of all with the tip of a wire in small drops, or a thin type which runs in by capillary action. Shape the curves at the bow and the stern gradually around a cylindrical object, not by breaking them. They are best painted by spraying freehand in a bundle while still on the sheet, with the additions then only retouched. At the end a thin wash helps, so that the railing does not visually merge with the superstructure.
The set is supplied unassembled and unpainted and is intended to complete a separately purchased ship kit. Glue, paints and plastic parts are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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