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MY next build will, after i have finished the Clyde that i am building for a friend in Scotland, a model that has sat in my workshop and other places around the house  for the past 30 and a half years and still waiting to be built.

It was the first model kit that I put together in a box of the Ann Letitia Russell just prior to me announcing to the world that a new model lifeboat kit was on the market. that was in August 1995.

The full kit is in the box below the Titanic box, and the hull and cab

I will get great enjoyment building these two lifeboats, and ones I will keep and sail.

Llandudno’s Shannon, doing upper works and brass in the comfort of the spare room, also a Speedline Trent as and when I can get the time..

A very late update on this thread.

I have finally tracked down my article on the Caldercraft Cumbrae, and have got a copy of the magazine from Magazine Exchange (an excellent service to track down old magazine editions.

It was published in Radio Control Boat Modeller Magazine, May / June 1987. Because of the way the contents were listed, in a split column in the magazine, three articles, including mine, had been omitted from the contents list on the Magazine Exchange website (now amended by the proprietor). This was the only place I could find the contents listed on the web.

Douglas

The difference in colour can now be seen between the colour on the cabin, and the trunking, so this morning I sprayed the two smaller units to go with the cabin, with a couple of coatings of the Halfords spray can sealer to see if it would react with the paint already on the cabin............




Not a jot of pealing or other reaction, so I can go ahead and sand it down with various grade of abrasive paper to give me a grounding for primer and top coats of the correct colour. so sanding will begin this afternoon.

Thanks Colin.......


I understood that the 'Parbuckling' process .....righting of the Costa Concordia was a new concept of rotating and salvaging the hull of the cruise liner [year 2012].


This .doco showed the same 'Parbuckling' process used on the USS Oklahoma after her immense hull damage and capsize in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese air attack in 1942


I suppose that if we delve into the Old-Testament we would find that Noah had similar contingency plans   


Derek

If the work gods allow, I'll try and finish my Damen 3110..

Hi,
I have a spare USS Missouri running set available if anyone is interested for the Trumpeter 1/200th model. £100 + £10 p&p.
There is also a possibility of the model itself but pm if interested.
Cheers Rich

A RHIB is finished and set in place briefly as per the instruction manuals, and the boat will be detailed later if she should sail satisfactorily.

This video from Oceanliner Designs on the salvage efforts after the Pearl Harbour attack is too good to hide away elsewhere on the Forum. A really comprehensive description of how the stricken vessels were salvaged with some incredible footage. Amazing stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZSoAIOR8u4#

Colin

Having done a bit of experimenting, I can recommend the use of neodymium to boost the Comet's magnet. I tried a magnet from an old hard drive, and found that I could demagnetise and remagnetise the iron horseshoe easily. All you do to improve the magnetism is stroke the horseshoe with the North pole of the neodymium, going north to south on the horseshoe, about 10 times. To demagnetise, go the opposite way (South to North)...