Hi One & All
Yesterday I took that big leap and I got myself the The Wooden Model Boat Company Thames Lifeboat Kit 400mm, along with some other parts from Sussex Models in Worthing,
Kit £66.50 - 280 motor £7.00 - Small rudder £4.56 - S/S shaft £7.19 Total of £86.24, I still have to get a 30mm brass prop, as for the ESC I have one in the spares box that will be O.K.

So look out for my "How not to build this model👍.

Fred

https://www.jperkins.com/search/i/jp_b_thewoodenmodelboatco

Hi One & All
So here we go, my log on the building of the E Class lifeboat.
This is what you get in the box for £66.50. as you can see it is well packed,
Photo 1 is just the outside of the box, 2 the contents, 3 - 4 parts of the hull and deck, 5 is the parts for the stand, 6 are for the rear deck housing, 7 - 8 are supports and starring consel, 9 are the frames, 10 is the keel, 11 the resin crew and the small resin parts to finish the consel and last we have the exters that you need to purchase.(ESC still in the other boat)

Now on with the build, I will try not to take the next Millennium to finish this one.

Fred

Hi One & All

Today I have started to fix the hull frames, I am using some right angel machined aluminum to help keep them upright to the deck, with all the frames in place I tried a dry fit of the keel just to see if all the frames were in line with each other.
This is the glue that I am using, it is a slow setting glue that takes two hours to set and a full twenty-four hours to fully set.

Fred

Hi One & All
Not much done today, fitten the shaft supports and fitted the keel,
I am having to soak the Chine stringer and the Gunwale to get them to fit the hull.

Fred

Hi One & All
Yesterday (15/06/2023) I got the 6" x M2 shaft and the 25mm M2 prop from Sussex Models, photo one is them now fitted and drying, photo two is the bow profiling blocks, in a day or two I hope start sanding them into shape.

Fred

Hi One & All

While I was waiting for part of the hull to dry I had a look at making the deck, as I was laying out the parts I found the the three biscuits that lock parts of the deck together were missing, I sent an email of to J P asking if they could send me some replacements, that was at 20.22 on Friday, today at 10.05 I received an email from J P saying that the parts will be in the post tonight.
Now that is excellent service, some other could take note.
Fred

Hi One & All
First all the missing parts arrived in good time, so on with the deck.
I started with the removal of the parts to make the engine cover, this went well all the parts fitted with out any trimming, to fix them together I used "Mitre Adhesive", this is a supper glue that is for wood with a kicker and drys in 10 seconds, now the eagle eyed of you will see that I fixed the engine cover the wrong way round, (photo one) next item to be made was the rear crew seat (photo two) I have used some right angel to get it all square.

Fred

Hi One & All
Sorry about the lack of updates on this build, have had two RNLI open days to attend and I got side tracked by this, a Heng Long 1/16 T72 tank.
Any way it's now back to the "E" Class