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[Pat-K]

Help Wanted


WANTED - Mast Assembly For A Model Drumbeat Of Devon - I think originally it was a model Slipway kit but I have inherited the model minus a broken mast - has anyone got one laying about somewhere ot know where I can get a replacement


TIA




Pat

[Neil]

Pat-k....
those sort of items are rarely if ever seen for sale other than with the model as they are part of that model and people dont spend a lot of money on a model kit just to disguard big items such as the main mast assembly
Therefor your request is probably never to be fulfilled.
Your best chance is to ask if anyone who has built the model and who has retained the plans and instructions to photograph them and sent thhem to you along with ohotos of the mast itself so that you will be able to scratch build one yourself.

And please DON'T say you cant scratch build one. We all have to start somewhere.

good luck.

[Ralph]

It must be at least 30 years since I built a Drumbeat (sold on long ago now).  As I recall, the kit mast assembly was mainly built from wooden dowel and wire with white metal fittings, however I used Evergreen styrene tubing in various diameters and brass fittings as I wanted all the lights working with concealed wiring. I also made a mast soldering together brass tubing but I couldn't get the wires fed through it so it got scrapped.


As Neil says, the chances of buying a complete mast assembly are basically zero so if you can't get plans, why not work from photos and  scratch build something that looks about right - as long as you're happy with it who's to say it's wrong.  I've mentioned some options for possible material choices and many of the fittings will have similar items available commercially.


Good luck
Ralph