Hmmm...I wonder.:???:cdcoyle said:The one thing that jumped out at me when I glued the winch to the deck is that the brake handles are positioned at the same height as the top of the superstructure. A sailor would have had to reach over his head to turn them -- don't know how much leverage he would have had (or needed). And the view from back there couldn't have been the greatest, either, so there must have been some sort of signals used for when to brake, or let out cable, etc.
Regards,
Just a suggestion, how about getting a piece of card cut to about scale 5'8" and put it next to the winch on your model to see roughly how a scaled sailor would look height-wise next to those brake handles. I can also suggest that normally a seaman would be working the brakes, winch, etc., at the verbal order of a CPO or Junior Officer in charge of the detail, so the sailor doesn't actually have to see what's going on directly.
Whatever, this is a superb build no matter how you look at it!:grin:
Cheers!
Jim