TonyH hi buddy I have less than 30 mm from pivot point to the transom only so not a lot of room I was looking at an arm connected to the mast below deck then a push pull cable/wire to the servo to raise lower then using a plate under the deck with magnets to pull the two stay arms to brace the mast then pushes back to the base and the mast can lower again , this would look correct , I have been talking to a model earth moving modeler about a Hydraulic arm as well less space easy to control, I have this system on the sub sonar device which will lower down and retract in the hull , when fully extended the Ram Sound system sub sonar Ping tells me its working via speakers. Akira I am looking at making it all Hydraulic system the idea of the two stay arms on magnets was an after thought , I plan to use magnets under the bridge so my captain can move around on the bridge , I have seen a large lifeboat model were the crew move around and borrowed that idea .Looking forward to the build lots of different things going on from flag signals up and down mast to the 3 inch fwd gun firing a water cannon , to the davit lifting turning and lowering a depth charge in the depth charge thrower , to doors opening and closing, and as all my models a crew member taking a leak over the side signal light flashing a code , still trying to get the look out to raise his arm pointing to the enemy thanks for your input guys . tassie48
