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[Neil]

For a number of years I have had an old Alanger kit of the Oakley class lifeboat, and decided that I was going to use it as deck cargo on my daughter's Jupiter ferry.

I also decided that whilst I was going to be building it, I would motorise the model with some miniature rc gear which I had.

I got to thinking that I might like to swap it at some stage for a little model of my favourite class of lifeboat..........a Liverpool class boat..........but how to make one from plastic, and at 1:48 scale.............then I remembered that a company called Glencoe make a US Coast guard lifeboat which was originally based upon  ( so urban myth has it) a Liverpool class hull........... and so six days ago I bought off ebay usa a new plastic kit for £4.99p.........it arrived this morning ............ and now I am sat with it on my knee, thinking how I am going to make it into a single screw Liverpool with a tunnel and a main cabin instead of the cabin supplied in the kit.

pics of the cg/Liverpool boat, and the Oakley so far.

I will run a little thread on fitting them both out with rc and conversion of the boat to Liverpool later.

[Mike Mumford]

I was very impressed in Liverpool Scale Model Lifeboat, well done the series of photographs should inspired more model Lifeboats.
Perhaps schools and colleges may see your finished work? Recording in great detail is a good thing.
We owe it to the younger generations to educate and interest them, so they will be more productive in their lives too.
I have taught engineering apprentices all my working life, I know the value and satisfaction of creating objects of all kinds.
To give a spark an idea in ones life is a gift, we can and should all share, society may have lost its direction, we have a duty of care, so use it.

Moderated - No advertising please.

[essex2visuvesi]

Are you feeling OK Neil??? 


Working in plastic???? 

[Neil]

Are you feeling OK Neil??? 


Working in plastic???? 

reverting back to my childhood matey.............and thoroughly enjoying it........a great release from thinking about the ferry, lol.

and thanks for the link, mike..........will have a read of that. neil.

[essex2visuvesi]

reverting back to my childhood matey.............and thoroughly enjoying it........a great release from thinking about the ferry, lol.

and thanks for the link, mike..........will have a read of that. neil.

They had plastic that long ago? 
Actually in all honesty most of my recent modelling has been plastic kits too

[Neil]

They had plastic that long ago? 
oo

[Neil]

going a little "off piste'" I am now swapping to the little coast guard boat and doing some conversion to it, in order to convert into the Liverpool class lifeboat , singe screw Harriot Dixon, Cromer's old war time No.2 lifeboat.......I have a liking for Cromer boats, lol..

started with making the new rudder skeg and propeller surrounds in the deadwood.

Once this was formed in plasticard, I cut off and sanded the belting halfway up the hull and the raised name on the bow.

[Neil]

thanks Mods.

[Martin (Admin)]

 
             

[Neil]

prop shaft in and tunnel wings glued onto hull ready for moulding and filling.

[Neil]

got the milliput out and moulded the tunnel and wings, and have sanded down to give a reasonable shape........might attack it a little more later, but whilst sanding, the hull was flexing and so have added the inner deck support bracing which will stiffen it all up.....just waiting for the glue to set......also have cut a rough template out for the deck......will re cut a thicker one with more accuracy later tonight.

[spongie]

Won't the filler adversely affect the buoyancy of the model? If I remember correctly when I tried the Alanger oakley in the sink it sat quite low without any ballast.

[Neil]

no idea scott.......it'll probably never get anywhere near water anyway, except as deck cargo on the ferry,