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[sunnybob]

Or do I mean stanchion size? shows how much I know on the subject.

The boat is a 1/12th scale cabin cruiser, 40 inches long. I put some railings on it last time, but realised they seemed very undersized when I put a 1/12th male figure on the boat. They came up to his knees (almost).

So, how high should they be on this type of boat? knee, hip, waist, shoulder? and what about thickness?

and then can I have a list of suppliers, as i did this almost 4 years ago now and all my references have vanished into cyber space.
Ta muchly,
 

[nhp651]

hi,

well, I've just been cleaning up some white metal stanchions for a 1:12 scale lifeboat I'm building and the top ball stands at 3 1/4 inches above deck, and the bar  has a diameter of 3mm, which equates to 3'3" above deck and 1 1/2 " diameter and they look a reasonable scale size and are made to the RNLI plans.
but that's a lifeboat......but in general I would say that ships rails are similar in height give or take a few inches what ever boat or ship they are on.

[Colin Bishop]

On a ship, guardrails will be about 48 inches high or thereabouts with several intermediate rails, maybe three or four. But on a small pleasure craft where you need to step over them easily to jump ashore for mooring purposes they are only about 30 inches or so high, usually with a top wire and one intermediate wire. Stanchion diameter would be about one inch or so.

Your best bet is to have a look in books or magazines which cover the sort of motorboat you are interested in and use photos to estimate the height. Many cabin cruisers don't actually have much in the way of guardrails and rely on grabrails on the cabin roof for negotiating the the side decks.

Colin

[Bryan Young]

On a ship, guardrails will be about 48 inches high or thereabouts with several intermediate rails, maybe three or four. But on a small pleasure craft where you need to step over them easily to jump ashore for mooring purposes they are only about 30 inches or so high, usually with a top wire and one intermediate wire. Stanchion diameter would be about one inch or so.

Your best bet is to have a look in books or magazines which cover the sort of motorboat you are interested in and use photos to estimate the height. Many cabin cruisers don't actually have much in the way of guardrails and rely on grabrails on the cabin roof for negotiating the the side decks.

Colin

Sorry Colin....but 4' seems a bit high. nhp is closer at 3'3". BY.

[Colin Bishop]

Bryan, yes, you are right. Having looked through some of my on board passenger ship shots, about 40 inches seems to be nearer the mark!

Colin

[roycv]

Hi all, I agree a comfortable elbow height lean for a scale crewman, For sailing yachts it is inside leg measurement as you frequently have to hop across.
regards Roy

[sunnybob]

so if I get the drift right, the railing should be (scaled) 30 inches high, 2" diameter, and only 2 rails?

going metric, I think that I need posts of 60mm and rods of 6mm?

anybody have a favourite supplier of these? 

[nhp651]

rods of 6mm?

certainly not 6mm sunney bob...that relates to a thickness of 4inches diameter in real life....you need half that, maximum.
....favorite is 2.4mm brazing rod............plenty on ebay....just key in a search for 2.4mm brazing rod, and that will silver solder as well....what most of the lifeboat lads use for stern and pulpit rails on modern lifeboats.

[brianB6]

Standard domestic handrail is minimum 900 mm from floor.   More usual is 1000 mm (1 metre)

[sunnybob]

I realised this morning that 6mm was way too big  Okay, 2.4mm rails, and 60mm high.

Thanks very much.