The caprail, rudder, splashrail, and some small details

It has been a while since I tore myself away form this project to post any new photos, so here are a few to show the work that has been completed in that time. The first thing to go on since the last post was the caprail, this is the top of the bulwarks which kept sailors from falling overboard. The caprail was made from a single sheet of basswood 1/32 in thick (or thin), measured, cut, stained, glued in place, carved and sanded (for many hours) to its final shape all the way around.

Next I painted the cleats and eyes for the bulwark details which will be used much later for the rigging of the ship, small holes were drilled in the stantions to glue these small details into as you can see in the photo above, these parts are extremely small.
The rudder was installed next, this proved to be tricky, but overall I am very satisfied with how it came out. The iron bands that hold the pins in place were made from extra copperplating painted black, The rudder has three pins that fit into three slots, also made of extra copper plating. This proved difficult for many reasons, mostly do to the need to install all six bands around some extremely thin and excessivly short pieces of black wire, after all sides were complete I installed the rudder, and applied a light coat of glue to keep everything in its place.
The splash rail, at the bow of the ship would have blocked the spray of the sea as the ship cut through rough water,this was made from two pieces of bent 1mmX3mm wood strips, which were tapered, glued together and painted black before instalation on the caprail.

The parts will only continue to get smaller from hereso I better not start complaining, the details will make the finished result a proud display, but unitl I can figure out the next step the one after that will just have to wait.