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Newbie with question.
« on: February 03, 2022, 11:21:45 am »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2022, 11:47:58 am »
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.

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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2022, 12:19:38 pm »
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.


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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2022, 03:19:33 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2022, 07:41:20 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2022, 09:18:01 pm »
Deans Marine have some great figures and in lots of scales, you might find something  :-))
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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2022, 10:42:14 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2022, 04:24:21 am »
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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2022, 09:29:22 am »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2022, 09:02:31 pm »
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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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2022, 10:26:47 pm »
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:

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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2022, 10:38:05 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2022, 11:29:36 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2022, 04:46:03 am »
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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2022, 05:49:52 pm »
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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Re: Newbie with question.
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2022, 07:41:21 pm »
Thanks, will take a look. 👍👍
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