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[Bob K]

I am not normally into model lifeboats, but for some time I have been trying to track down information on the lifeboat my uncle served on at St Ives Cornwall.  None of the high orange superstructure, it was an almost open boat with a small varnished deckhouse.

I was at Deans Open Days today and recognised a model lifeboat that looked instantly familiar.  Having been told it was a Liverpool Class I did a Google search and found it.   The boathouse was in the centre of town and it had to be towed through the town by tractor every time it was launched.  My family used to spend our holidays there in the early to mid fifties.

“Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child” was stationed there between 1948 to 1968.  Does anyone make a kit of this class, or something similar I could modify ?
It would be nice to build the tractor too, which had "OXO" as part of its number plate.

[hmsantrim]

   Hi Bob.
               back in the day  lol     http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=21154.0

            Plans  my hobbit store  and http://www.barryweb.co.uk/downloads/orderform.pdf
 
           models by design  barnet or oakly ?? for the hull

                         Frank   

[heritorasphodel]

Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was the third/second of the 35ft 6in Liverpool class. I don't have any photos of this specific boat, but I do have a lot of the others. It would be very similar to this one, Cecil Paine (second/first of the class)



There's a hull moulding available from Orion mouldings and another from MyHobbyStore, but these are the hull only. They used to be produced with a fibreglass canopy moulding as well, but this was discontinued.

A kit of this class is in the pipeline with Metcalf Mouldings, and the latest info is that it will be released October/November, but this keeps getting pushed back.

General arrangement drawings of the class are available from the RNLI, but I don't know which boat they are for.

Here's a link to photos of the one we have at Chatham, Grage Darling http://www.coignlea.me.uk/lance/walkarounds/GraceDarling/index.html

The tractor would most likely had been a Fowler, an example of which is in the Historic Lifeboat Collection at Chatham.

Andrew

[Bob K]

Thanks for all that info.  A pity there is no kit available.  It still amazes me how brave seamen went out in these open boats to save life in the worst weather conditions, on some of the most treacherous coasts in Britain

[Neil]

there will, as andrew said, be a kit available for the Liverpool probably early next year, and you can blame me for the fact that it has been delayed again.....

i was speaking to Dave metcalf on friday for a chat and asked him if it'd be ready for October and Blackpool..........

"No" he said emphatically "and I blame you!"

"What have I done" says I.

"You told me to cad/laser cut the bench supports and other things for the kit" says he,.........."so that's what I'm doing, and it's set me back a little"

So Sorry folks but those who are wanting a Liverpool class tein screw model will have to wait a while longer.........but can asure you it'll be worth waiting for.............

[Bob K]

Lovely model Neil, just how I remembered her at St Ives back in the Fifties. 
I guess I will have to wait until the the New Year, but having those parts laser cut will be worth the extra.

[baloo]

Bob,i spoke to you at ron deans show,(i was the one with the slipway lifeboat).If you contact  dave at"metcalf moudings" he will be hopefully releasing the liverpool class kit in oct 2012 maybe he can give you a better realease date,as he as hoping for oct for this lifeboat.baloo

[Bob K]

Hi Baloo:  Nice meeting you at Dean's yesterday.  No worries waiting, I need to spend the next few months concentrating on completing my HMS Polyphemus, so a kit release early next year will work out fine.
As I said at the start I am not normally into lifeboat modeling, but with the family connection and that this looks nothing like the high superstructure orange boats usally modelled this ship is nicely unusual.

[Rottweiler]

Hi Bob, I am surprised I missed this posting! I have a model of the St.Ives Liverpool,pictures posted elsewhere on here,also a very freelance version of OXO! I  we have PMd each other way back in July.I do have quite a few photos of the real thing, which I would be willing to share.I do have a set of plans for her,but they are out on loan at the moment,because a pal of mine is building a huge 6 foot long working model of her,and last time I saw the plans,he had not been taking very good care of them,as they are now torn and very creased.I have learnt from that,by only allowing people to copy the original ( shush shush,naughty!) and return it .I have recently obtained the engine noise of a wartime bulldozer,which I play when I have my model on show,which attracts more attention.
cheers,
Mick F