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Title: Wintergarden railing thickness
Post by: FoxbaT on 12 Dec , 2010, 09:14

Does someone know the correct scale thickness of the wintergarden railings?
I am now at the point of selecting brass wire for this job.


(http://i56.tinypic.com/2gwdp1u.jpg)




Thanks,



Karel

Title: Re: Wintergarden railing thickness
Post by: NZSnowman on 12 Dec , 2010, 09:55

Karel, I have yet to see any original German measurements for the railing, but for my drawing I went for 40 mm for the upper and 20 mm for the lower.

Not sure if you know, but were are several different styles of railing;

(Like in my drawing)
100% Large
50% Small
25% Small
Netting
5% Smaller

100% Large
50% Small
Netting
10% Small

100% Large
50% Smaller
No netting (Maybe they were going to add it later???)
10% Very Small (Looks like about 10 mm)

Title: Re: Wintergarden railing thickness
Post by: Rokket on 15 Dec , 2010, 04:26

I think Dougie's Wolfpack covers this. The top rail was quite thick, and the rest much thinner. Check out the AMP website/Library/Wolfpack: http://amp.rokket.biz/lib_uboats.shtml (http://amp.rokket.biz/lib_uboats.shtml)

My version:  http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/prog14.shtml (http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/prog14.shtml)

(http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/starbd_ct.jpg)
(http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/flakdeck1.jpg)
(http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/fin_tower2.jpg)