The diorama is coming along, although there are a lot of components to put together before I finish (the figures foremost). I thought however that I would present a little teaser of the parts, and the assembly of the train-tackle. The blocks work better than I hoped, and although they are not functional as pulleys, they play the part well. The parts and gun carriage are all built to 1:50.
The bits, unassembled
Blocks, assembled, with the thread (about 1" to scale)
The train-tackle, starting to thread
The train-tackle has to be tightened up a bit yet, and I will likely glue the thread to stiffen it somewhat. I'm not 100% certain if the train tackle is rove to advantage or disadvantage, but will leave it as is.
Enjoy!
Tirick
(I do realize now that the train-tackle is supposed to be a gun-tackle, but I'd modeled a double-tackle instead, and so have assembled it as such.)
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