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Hi,gentlemen!
SG radars,Mk27 fire control radar periscopes on the conning tower and TDY ECM antenna.
Song

Floaternet baskets

Holy crap...

Song! You continue to be a scratch building inspiration in an era of kits and add ons.

Cheers: Tom

Hello Song,

I discover your post and I am flabbergasted by so much perfection.

Thank you,Michel,Tom,and Sean!
I've made liferafts.
Song.

Song! having made some life rafts, quite small and tedious! Very nice! Tom

Always thank you, Tom!
I've made anchors.
Song

Hi, mates ,
Be careful corona virus.
I've made anchor chain just pictures.
Song

What patience !! How many time to make a chain ?

Michel wrote:What patience !! How many time to make a chain ?

Hi,Michel!
It takes 3days to make that.
Thank you.
Song

Song:

I have been trying tome a similar chain but need to use a stronger wood, my links tend to break in the middle. Might I ask what wood you use for this?

Regards: Tom

Fliger747 wrote:Song:

I have been trying tome a similar chain but need to use a stronger wood, my links tend to break in the middle. Might I ask what wood you use for this?

Regards: Tom

Hi,Tom!
Yes,it's very delicate and difficult to make two holes. The distance between holes,you can find break point.
Other method,Make one hole and apply quick-dry glue near hole and then make other hole.
My wood is Ginko.
Regards; Song

Hello,mates!
I've made control wheels.It make inner circle and insert spoke shaft and finally make duter circle carefully.
Making chain stppers, it's difficult to make turn buckles.
Just see the pictures.
Song.

Nice job on the chain stoppers, it all looks really good. I fortunately only needed a very short section of chain as my ship has a short foredeck. My hardwood supplier might have ginkgo but he is currently closed, like many shops in town. I ended up making the chain for styrene. I would just line the plastic up on the drill press and make groups of two holes and then trim around the edges. The plastic is more difficult to round the edges of the links, but worked better than my efforts with basswood, pine, cherry and walnut.

Impressive work on the hand wheels as well!

Cheers: Tom

Thank you,Tom!
It's sky lookouts,alidades,bearing repeaters and target designators.
Reguards; Song

Fantastic work!

marijn van gils wrote:Fantastic work!

Thanks, marijn van gils!
It's reels.
Song.

Hi,mates!
I've done rigging by sewing cotton.
Song

Song: Sad to see you are rigging, it's like coming to the end of a favorite movie.

Regards! Tom