After Hillegom: walnut stanchions

Attempt number two. Today the Diana was at the model builders’ day in Hillegom, where I spoke with Hans Groenenberg, Sjors Blomberg and Erik B, among others. The previous stanchions came loose there halfway through the day. I wanted to see anyway how it would look if I made them from walnut, so that is what I did this evening. I think I like this better than the black ones.

It also looks rather smart with those little brass rings. It probably is not how it should be and I may still blacken them. They are the rings that come on the smallest Caldercraft hooks. Those hooks were still too big for my guns, so I had a whole heap of them lying around. They come in handy now. In any case I find them better than the black rings of the first attempt. In Hillegom I had already been told that those were rather large. This is better.