Do the right thing and support the RNLI to the full!
Totally agree with you Pete. They need and deserve every penny they get through charities and whatnot - personally I think they belong to a class of special breed of people - these people have something that the majority of us dont have and this puts them in a class of their own. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for others without a second thought and which they have done on many occasion. How much does it cost to buy a life back - I havent seen a sum of money that will buy life back yet, has anyone else.
I think with regard the Airfix Model we have to look at a broader picture, if you recall when this model was first released Airfix company (Humbrol) was in dire strates and in need of every penny it could muster to survive, until Hornby took the company over. Now that Hornby hold the reigns, we may see an even greater donation come from this Model who knows.
Ive heard through the grapevine that there was talk of reproducing and releasing another lifeboat model of a different class, depending on how well this model does.
Aye
John E
Bluebird