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OhioMike, No, these are rails made completely from scratch. Stick-built from .02" styrene round strip. The pre-made 1/96 rails are far to expensive to out fit a model of this size. Considering that DN makes their rails on the upper platforms in print, you get wonderful templates to use...

Thanks guys... @Hank45... I use super glue (cyanoacrylate) that is pictured in #1 above. It's Elmer's brand in the white tube. Apply one small drop to your connection point then place the member with tweezers. Workability is brief, about 3 seconds before it sets up. I then use paper craft...

Handrail Tutorial (or how I do it anyway) Thanks for all the great comments guys. Barry and Dan, here's a bit of a demonstration on how I do handrails at this scale (1/100). I think it could be applied to as small as 1/250 possibly, but not much smaller than that. 1. The first shot here...

Very nice Flu. At that scale, that crane is a difficult assembly. You're almost home.

Thanks Hermit and Barry... @Hermit... No, the styrene is fairly formable with simple forms like pens and straight edges. You can roll it to form a radius or bend it to a max. of 90 degrees before it snaps. The shape holds up well enough until you glue it to the model, then it's set...

Handrails etc. Here are some updates. The superstructure is going up nicely. I've started building the handrails for these upper platforms. I'm using .02" styrene round. I'm using the paper rails as templates to lay these out. It's going along nicely. Simply glue, paint, bend and mount...

Great work as always Barry. That's a good bit of work on the motor boat launch. The foremast and radars came together nicely. I don't know how on Earth you build that from scratch...

OK now Bob. You're starting to get into "Barry territory" here... :-) Great job on the 5" 38s I can tell no difference between those and the one's that grace my plastic FRANKLIN. I've said this before, and I'll say it again... You need to market this design. There are not enough E's...

More structures, more tidbits Got a little progress to show today. Getting some of the structures above the navigation bridge in place. Also, added the signal flag lockers on the back of this elevated deck, and added the egde trimming to the deck. Added styrene posts under the rear of...

Thanks Barry and Ski... I have many more steps to do, so that was good practice. I'll have more to show in the next day or two...

jkrenzer that's a darn good job there! Excellent, excellent work. Sometimes the key to rigging is "less is more".

Nice work Flu... It's good to kill those white spots. :-) Good looking pivot guns as well. nice job!

Some progress at last! Well, I haven't given up. Just hard to get back into the groove after the break, and I had a bout with a stomach flu. :-( The good news is that I'm back on track and have some progress to finally show. The navigation bridge is in place as well as the deck coming...

Good luck Doc and keep the pictures coming... Don't hesitate to ask a question or two. There are years and years of experience in this forum.

Nice work Flu. Gorgeous turrets. The aluminum barrels are a great touch.

Thanks guys... Just back in town today. Time to get back to work. Stay tuned for some more updates

More added Thanks joryyys... Well, I have a chance to add some more structures to the deck. I've added all kinds of small canopy portals and ammunition handling compartments. I've also started up out of the main super structure with the bridge elements. Progress has slowed some this...

Small Platforms and Starting the Superstructure Well, I've got some progress to show today. I had a chance to go back and put those mystery parts on the aft of the Shelter Deck. They are the small platforms and posts in the first attached picture. I caught up with detailing the barbette...

Very nice "micro" work Flu. This is an expert build for sure. It's striking how similar your model is to the actual photo of this area.