Windlass purchase link

[frenchguy]

Hello everyone,

 

I am building the Benjamin W. Latham fishing schooner, scale1:48 :

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8617-benjamin-w-latham-by-frenchguy-model-shipways-148-scale/?hl=frenchguy 

I am working on the whole windlass, and I am looking for tips or examples on how to model a realistic purchase link and shackle between the rocker and the purchase arm (both Britannia fittings supplied with the kit).

 

I don't want to put a copy here for copyright reason, but you can see what I am talking about on page 672 of Chapelle book on American Fishing Schooners.

Thanks!

Stephan

[captainbob]

Shephan, It's hard to determine just how the old boat builders made things.  But this is how I tried to follow the information in Chapelle's book for my model of the Lettie G Howard.

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4692-lettie-g-howard-schooner-by-capnbob-148-pob-complete/?p=196977

 

Bob

Edited September 30, 2016 by Cap'n'Bob

[wefalck]

I just bent and soldered the rods and links from brass wire on this 1/60 scale model:

 

The purchase arms were made from three layers of brass soldered together, as they have to sort of clamp around the ratched wheel. It is a bit fake, however, as the ratched wheel does not have grooves on the side into which the brackets of the purchase arms would link. There are also no ratches

Edited October 11, 2016 by wefalck

[mtaylor]

Wefalck

 

That is stunning.  I thought I was looking at the real thing until I read the text.