Model RNLI Lifeboat - Tyne Class

Neil,

I've got the water jets already, from Dortmund, so am going to make a stab at the hull later this year if nothing forth coming from anyone. I do know that the hold up is not being given access to the lines and full drawings - seeing as its a true RNLI design I expect they're keeping a lid on as long as possible.

Kim

thats a really nice model liked the mersey you had for sale but it sold where did your mersey end up going

hi

This boat is now sold pending collection.

Regards

Norman

Colin: Is it possible to put this message after my original posting, please.

I worked on this boat when it was being built at Fairey Marine in Cowes Isle of Wight. I fitted the engines & went out on trials. Lovely model. Shame I didn't see it before!

Hi everyone, I am a newbie to this hobby and I have just picked up a tyne class lifeboat that need finishing. The drawings are in 5/8ths inch to one foot and I was wondering what scale this equates to in modelling terms. I also would like to know where to get parts from if anyone can help.

Hi David,

Your Lifeboat is 1 - 21 scale by my reckoning ? Neil and co. know about parts and figures at that scale I would guess as they are the Lifeboat experts.

Regards Ray

thanks for throwing me in at the deep end Ray......hahaaa.............I don't mind

Yes the model is sold as a 1;20th scale as its the nearest that modellers can pick up parts for.

Don't know what you are missing to finish your model, and its only a guess, but Macs Mouldings and masrks model boats and model boat bits do fittings for model boats at different scales, and had it been at 1;12 scale I could have helped with quite a lot, but sadly that is my prefered scale for lifeboats.

Colin, could you please transfer this part of the old thread on to the scratch building section under Tyne 1;20th scale lifeboat,dated from 10/05/2023 and it will be easier to help David.

Thanks, neil.