Thanks Ski - coming from the guy who painted all those plaids and argyles I am flattered indeed -
and Matthew- always grateful for your comments and input . This truly is a wonderful community that we share - wouldn’t it be cool to all sit down together in person for a few hours and BS over a couple of cold ones .
I’ve begun the winch cable - I had this cord left over from my wooden ship model days .
I cut of a length sufficient to fill the drum and
reach the end of the arch boom . I then coiled it into a paint jar with Tamiya’s Metallic Grey. I passed it through a paper towel between my fingers and hung it to dry . When dry I slathered it with Burnt Sienna and again wiped with paper towel and hung to dry for a few days.
I made a thimble for the eye in the end of the cable by cutting a strip of wine bottle foil and forming it to a “U” section around a drill bit.
Thimble formed into an eye around a brass rod and cemented to cable with CA and then another tiny piece of foil wrapped around tag end of cable to represent swage.
Next up will be making up two knob and ring chokers and a shackle to attach them to the eye in the main cable .