Whilst time has gone by I still don't really have anything to show for it as she just absorbs time and detail at this stage. One bit of modelers license is the main mast. It has a large boat boom fitted which is fine but I cannot find out where the rope lines finish up. On Invincible there is a raised boat deck grating where the steam launches fit. Below this is where some of the 4" guns reside including two large boat winches. These are set at an angle but I cannot see how the rope gets from them to the boat boom.
So, If the wire rope comes down from near the top of the tripod (which it does) where does it go - so I have fitted two vertical pulleys to the funnel end of the boat deck grating near the centerline and outboard two horizontal pulleys at the same level which in turn lead to two rollers which in turn lead to each of the winches, so the wire rope, comes down does a right angle outwards then another right angle stern-wards (at an angle) to a roller fixed beneath the boat deck grating and then downwards at an angle to the winch itself. This all seems logical but I can't verify the accuracy from either the original drawings or any pictures I have.
By keeping the wire rope above the crews heads it means they won't trip over it so there seems to be some logic.
Before I make all this permanent does anybody have any other suggestions?
Cheers
Geoff