for the elephant rail i fettled and sanded the uprights then useing a rule taped to the bench and a set square i aligned te uprights on 48mm centers and tacked them to the bench with cyo. then i inserted a 1.6mm wire into a 3.3mm plastic tube and bent this into the rail shape., taped it into the the tops of the uprights then wicked in a drop of cyo on each join. while this hardening marked out and drilled 1.6mm holes in each side of the after deck the glued rails assemblys in place useing a set square to ensure each upright was vertical.
last job of the day was to bend up, drill , assemble and solder the 3.2mm and 1mm wires makeing up the aft deck gates.
total hours 139.
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