HO Scale Lifeboats (and some larger vessels, too)

[JaBear]

Pad and pencil look great

Glad you approve Pete.

But, be glad you have choosen a modern two-way radio set.

Gidday Lutz, for some illogical reason when I happen to think of ships radio, I seem to visualise the radio rooms of the RMS Titanic and RMS Carpathia from the 1958 movie “A Night to Remember” which would about match the radio in your first link. I used Google images to look for a 1940s-50s ships radio and after a bit of searching came up with the one I chose, for no better reason that when I scaled the image down it did not become either an olive drab or grey blob. I would presume that it is steam driven.
For some years when I was traveling around contracting to various companies I had a 2 ½ cup enamel tin mug like the one you show. Here in New Zealand employers are required to supply tea, coffee , sugar and milk and it was a standing joke at two of the companies that I regularly contracted to, that not only were my rates extortionate, but I drank far more than my share of their employees coffee.!! Unfortunately the enamel cracked after a lot of miles and coffee, and after a long period of no use had badly rusted, helped by the hydrogen sulfide in our geothermal air. It was beyond saving unfortunately. I now have a larger stainless mug.
Anyhow the completed interior of the wheel hose before it gets hidden. Thank goodness I model with the 3 foot rule in mind as a 6 inch distance photograph certainly shows the flaws.

   

Thanks for looking,
Cheers, the Bear.