Gentlemen: I offer this as a cautionary note.
Image is only beginning to dry fit items relative to pumps and ultimately their relationship to vertical stantions for and aft.
Images with Victors prototype and directions show vertical posts in 2-3 different locations....inside well, outside well, etc.
Yet another big reason to pour through directions to get a sense of parts interplay BEFORE you glue something delicate and have to break it out.
The pump wheels have their handles passing through, extending to the verticals where they are secured and passing past, all important because several pieces have to be aligned for pump handles to be straight. Once you start fiddling with stuff it becomes obvious but, again, directions can easily lead to to mistakes.
Small notches on pump tops is where handles locate, mine are a bit too far apart but you can plainly see, forward posts locate on lower/upper beams inside the well.
Lastly, be advised, the 4 stantions with sheaves need their mortices adjusted as well as height to fit properly on lower beam and fit snugly under gun deck. Lot's of tapering/ shaping involved here as well as dabbing tops that locate beneath deck beams. Want to get this all proper since they are a substantial feature.
Far easier to get this resolved well before gun deck construction IMHO.
Hopefully this will avoid undue issues.
Tim
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