Well I’ve got everything out for my grandfathers dio and am starting by trying to come up with a plan of action. (What parts need removed. What should I replace with PE. What needs scratchbuilt)
I’ve uploaded a poor black and white scan of the PE set (sadly its much smaller in person.) And have marked the part I need help with.


Just what the hell is this strip for? The top part is one size and the bottoms (after the red dots) is a smaller size.

The instruction don’t say anything about it and for the life of me I can’t figure out what its supposed to be used for.

Many more questions will probably be on the way as this project unfolds.
Pictures of the kit parts should be up within a day or to.

Hey Jacob!
That could be a combination verticle ladder strip (the more rectangle shaped of the bar spacing) and a yard-arm footrail strip (more squarer (is that a word? )spaces. . .
~Gunny

Actually the ladder strip should be the one just to the left of this strip. (Or at least it matches up perfectly with the molded on ladders.)

And what is a yard-arm footrail? (We need an embarrassed face.)
Remember I’m not a shipbuilder..... (Even I have now built more ships than any other subject.)

Those are 2 bar railings for the upper decks on the bridge and other deck houses as well as searchlight platforms if needed.

Mike T

Thanks Mike!


And Jacob, a yard-arm is. . ."one of many horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts, from which the square sails are hung. (The word yard here is from an old Germanic word for a pointed stick, the source also of our unit of measurement.) At certain times of year it will seem from the deck that the sun has risen far enough up the sky that it is above the topmost yardarm. In summer in the north Atlantic, where the phrase seems to have originated, this would have been at about 11am. This was by custom and rule the time of the first rum issue of the day to officers and men (the officers had their tots neat, the men’s diluted). It seems that officers in sailing ships adopted a custom, even when on shore, of waiting until this time before taking their first alcoholic drink of the day."

Though the days of sail are far behind us, the expression has a surprisingly wide currency still, especially in North America. Despite its apparent antiquity, it wasn’t recorded in print until the end of the nineteenth century.

I wish I was at home, I could scan an instruction sheet to picture this more concrete for you for a modern ship. . .someone else might be able to help us out. . .?