Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Lifeboats => Topic started by: drydock on September 01, 2020, 01:36:12 pm
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Hello all
I have been given an elderly Aerokits Solent lifeboat which I've commenced rebuilding. Model boats are new to me, my last boat restoration had an E-type engine powering it.
Can anyone offer pictures or advice about the twin rudders? Most images and videos proudly display topsides. The keel has a small centre section removed, so it is conceivable they swing through that at extremes. To do that they need lowering which is easy to do with a spacer (but upsets my sensibilities) or the stern prop tunnels, stern area needs fairing slightly differently.
As an aside I went to my local shore displayed ex RNLI lifeboat to see that someone had got Oakleys and Solents muddled up.
Any input greatly appreciated.
Ian
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Ian,
There was an article by Andy Cope on restoring one of these kits in the September 2017 issue of Model Boats magazine.
If you PM your email I will scan it for you.
The cutout in the keel was to enable deflected water to pass through. There is a good photo in the article.
Colin
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(https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2020/09/01/20200901_150439_resized.jpg) (https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/image/aN5KQ)
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go to the above website at https://www.beekhuisyachtbrokers.com/en/inventory/solent-class-lifeboat-48-steel-highlander-rnli-48-004/
click on english version / photos.. Tons and Tons of shots of Highlander
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Article sent.
Colin