Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Beginners start here...! => Topic started by: Centurion58 on February 03, 2022, 11:21:45 am
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Hi all, new to the forum and boats. I am thoroughly enjoying looking through all the threads and posts on the site, the wealth of knowledge some of you guys have is amazing. I have selected the SLEC Police boat for my very first build project based on it look fairly simple and I wont have to worry too much about weathering and detail 🤞.
Quick question please, I have done some searching but cant find a definitive answer but would a 5" figure be about right for a skipper? The model is 26" and the original seems to be about 30 foot? Many thanks.. Ray
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Yes, or just a touch over. If the model was at 1:12 i.e. 30 inches long then a figure would be about 6 inches tall.
For 26 inches long it's 26÷30×100 which gives 86.66%. 6 ×86.66% is 5.2 inches.
Welcome to the forum.
Chris
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Chris, many thanks for your reply and info, I half fried my few remaining brain cells arriving at 5" and I really wanted someone to confirm I wasn't wildly off the mark! Thanks again.
Ray
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Here's a picture of my build. You can see that 5" will be too tall to fit inside the wheelhouse. I would think 4.5 max.
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Hi, thanks for taking the time to measure for me, the WPC is fully posable so I'm hoping I can get her sat at the wheel if room allows. I will be very pleased if I can get my boat looking anything close to yours.
Tried and it seems failed to post a photo, will need to look up how it's done....
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Deans Marine have some great figures and in lots of scales, you might find something :-))
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Thanks for pointing out Deans Marine, just been looking and they have some good figures that would suit if my police lady wont fit. :-))
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Deans Marine have some great figures and in lots of scales, you might find something :-))
See: https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,67294.msg725911.html#msg725911
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This might be useful. The details cover a 1:12 model at Greenwich and looking at it I don't reckon anyone would stand up straight. https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67590
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Thanks for the link, some good photo's for reference in there. My intention is to have a figure sitting at the wheel, looking at the seating shown in the full size and the model my WPC might just squeeze in there. 🤞
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Hi,
Sorry for intruding. I've been downloding allsorts of Thames Police launches for ages. On seeing your post I can't remember what I put into google but it wasn't specific. I didn't have this image before but hopefully it helps with scale ......as others said and I believe them it's not for sure you could walk-in to the cabin without ducking. The later boats have much higher cabins so I'd guess you could from all the photos.
Hope this image helps -I just found it simply on google, you can obviously get some kind of scale off it close-enough:
Rich
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Thanks for looking, I have quite a few photo's of the full size boat now (1960's/70's) and as you say, there's no standing room but a few of the pics do show a policeman sitting at the wheel. Many thanks to all who have helped me on this subject, very much appreciated. 👍
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Hi.
Here are some Pathe films of the Police boats in action with crew inside the cabin and on deck.
They should help you gauge the height of the cabin.
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-rescue/query/river+police+rescue
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-1/query/river+police
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-boat/query/river+police+boat
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-pilot/query/river+police+boat
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Brilliant footage, no life jackets, wet hankies for fume protection and lead based paint everywhere I shouldn't wonder! About 3 1/2 minutes into the last link there's an old style boat with 3 police in the cuddy two facing forward a one backward, definitely need to stoop low to get in and out tho.. 👍👍
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https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-rescue/query/river+police+rescue (https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-rescue/query/river+police+rescue)
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-1/query/river+police (https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-1/query/river+police)
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-boat/query/river+police+boat (https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-police-boat/query/river+police+boat)
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-pilot/query/river+police+boat (https://www.britishpathe.com/video/river-pilot/query/river+police+boat)
...just hoping we can see the links rather than the very small text!
Rich
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Have a look on e-bay for the poseable Doctor Who figures. They come in at nominally 5 3/4 inches and there's a pretty fair mix and they'll be relatively cheap.
:-))
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Thanks, will take a look. 👍👍