Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Lifeboats => Topic started by: bobinnit on July 06, 2008, 05:17:05 pm

Title: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: bobinnit on July 06, 2008, 05:17:05 pm

Hi All,  On my recent visit to the Northern model boat show at Doncaster. I purchased a vacuum formed moulding for a rigid inflatable boat, it measures 180mm x 85mm (not sure what scale it is),
It really broke the bank costing me an astronomical £1-00.
         My plan is to try and turn it into some sort of in-shore lifeboat, loosely based on the picture below.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/RIBLifeboat.jpg)
        So here is what I srarted off with
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6643.jpg)
        The two hull sections glued together
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6642.jpg)
        Filler applied
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6645.jpg)
        After sanding, the first primer coat
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6646.jpg)
        Second sanding,,more primer
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6648.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6647.jpg)
        Main colour applied
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6649-1.jpg)

More to follow. O0   Bob

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: bobinnit on July 06, 2008, 07:48:54 pm

Fitted a black rubber fender strip and painted bottom of hull.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6651-1.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6652.jpg)

Motors and fitting out next  :)

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: moller62 on July 06, 2008, 08:36:28 pm

Looks as if you have got a lot of value for 1£, Keep up the good work  :)   

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: bobinnit on July 08, 2008, 11:15:26 pm

Got a bit more done today, fake outboards, rear cage , central consol etc etc.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6658.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6660.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6661.jpg)

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2008, 09:20:09 am

Nice Job Bob!  O0

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: MGrob on July 09, 2008, 07:03:47 pm

looking really good bob....wheres mine  {-) {-) {-)

may need the life rib when smit takes to the water for the 1st time next week

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: FishdockBob on July 11, 2008, 01:46:01 pm

Looks a well spent pound does that Bob..I like it.

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: bobinnit on July 11, 2008, 07:20:23 pm

Nearly finished  O0
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6665.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/bobinnit/100_6666.jpg)

does anyone know if you can get RNLI decals to fit this model, not sure of scale but it is 6 inches long.

thx Bob.

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: TugCowboy on August 24, 2008, 10:58:38 am

Looking good Bob.

Can't help you too much on the decals but you can get the bow emblems from: HERE (http://www.modelflags.com/acatalog/RNLI_-_Current_Bow_Emblems__upto_2004_.html)
Might be a starting point at least?

Alex

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: TugCowboy on August 24, 2008, 11:24:29 am

Excuse the double posting but I also found a couple of bits on that well known auction site:

HERE (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RNLI-House-Flag-38mm-Cotton-Model-Flag_W0QQitemZ200247853290QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200247853290&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
There are a few other bits available on there as well, which should see you sorted.

Alex

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: funtimefrankie on August 24, 2008, 02:10:42 pm

The makers must have read this thread, the price is £1.50 at Epic this wekend {-)

Thy do a smaller one for 50p... O0

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: westcoaster on August 24, 2008, 02:24:21 pm

O.K. guys - let us in to the secret ....................... who are the manufacturers

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: barriew on August 24, 2008, 03:59:17 pm

Model Slipway

Barrie

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: westcoaster on August 24, 2008, 05:09:56 pm

Thanks Barrie, this could well be the source of an inflatable I'll need for a small tug I've started, based on a MMM Nangee hull.
Do you think it is 1/32 scale ?
Best Wishes
Douglas

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: funtimefrankie on August 24, 2008, 07:42:49 pm

I got the £1 one last year and its a bit big for Nangee, sort of fills the stern deck, perhaps as a deck cargo?. the smaller one fits on the deck in front of the wheel house, as a dingy, which is were mine is going. O0

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: westcoaster on August 25, 2008, 12:40:48 am

The smaller one it is, then. Any chance of a pic ?
Best Wishes
Douglas ???

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: SteamboatPhil on August 25, 2008, 08:32:07 am

Here's my 10p bargin at a boot sale, a playmobil toy, chopped of all the bits that took the strange playmobil figures (and they are strange) can of paint, and some of those nice wooden coffee stirrers that we all pinch from motorway service stations for the bottom boards. LOA 8 in

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: funtimefrankie on August 25, 2008, 02:52:55 pm

Here's the £1 one on the deck of Nangee (AKA Strowger).

The 50p one is on the cabin roof. (just placed there at the moment, not painted or anything, only got it yesterday)

Title: Re: My £1 RIB Lifeboat
Post by: westcoaster on August 25, 2008, 10:24:16 pm

Thanks SBP and FTF for these pictures. The smaller edition will do nicely, I think
Douglas