The post is doweled to the hull. Its semi-permanent, meaning that that I can get it out if I have enough will power and the correctly sized hammer. I have to admit that I'm at the "stare and conjure" stage of this build. There are so many possibilities and so much space to work in. I purchased some insulin syringes yesterday ($29.00 for 100!!) which will act as the rams for the periscopes and it occurred to me that I could use these these things all over the boat to open and close all kinds of things.
Back to reality. This is the fore plane retract mechanism. It came with the kit and is very nicely built and reminds me of the Engle unit in one of my other boats. It suffer some damage on the way to Australia (the solder connecting the plane axles broke away from the connecting plates) so I had to replace the steel axles with brass ones for a more secure connection.
Back to reality. This is the fore plane retract mechanism. It came with the kit and is very nicely built and reminds me of the Engle unit in one of my other boats. It suffer some damage on the way to Australia (the solder connecting the plane axles broke away from the connecting plates) so I had to replace the steel axles with brass ones for a more secure connection.
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