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The Real Trent 14-14 lifeboat on her moorings at Whitby Lifeboat station


	The Commission build of a 1/12th Trent 14-14 Starboard view of Trent Class wheelhouse as supplied by Speedline Models and produced by Models by Design. Over the next few months I shall be building along with the help of my right hand man Kim a model of the Whitby Tent Lifeboat 14-14. The full kit has been delivered ,so I will be adding the build on the web site as I go just like the building of my Severn. Top front ¾ view showing front window impressions and the rear flying-bridge stiffener section. Top rear ¾ view showing starboard engine room ventilation pod and port towing rope pod, also staircase access and the flying-bridge stiffener. Note the excess fibreglass cut-out at the front of the flying-bridge. Front head-on view showing various angles of wheelhouse and just visible the deck camber line moulded in on the extreme front lower edge. Some of this has already been removed to make the first fit of wheelhouse onto the hull/deck access aperture. The rear wheelhouse pods removed, using a ‘Permagrit’ cutting disc on a Dremmel drill, hacksaw and file. Shows starboard top edge of flying-bridge. This will be cut down to approximate angle, as shown, to later be made accurate from measurements off the RNLI plans. This will, sometime in the future, be capped with a neat etched brass detailed edging all the way around, to which the windscreen uprights will be attached. Also during the build the inside surfaces will be further sanded to give a smooth flat surface, where visible, prior to painting. All excess areas of fibre-glass removed. The pod apertures will later be filled with either fibre-glass sheet or thick styrene sheet, and where necessary P38 car compound filler [as on any imperfections or missing areas throughout]. All the cut-outs have now been brought back to their correct lines and finished off to give a smooth and ‘non-lethal’ edge. Some of the tools used can be seen, these are not all necessary – a saw and file could suffice. This top rear starboard ¾ view shows the finish after 2 hours work. The back bottom corner edge shows a cut-out area, this was the initial work done to allow the wheelhouse to sit correctly on the deck. As the build progresses this will be further altered and finished off to allow both a snug fit all round and the easy access required to both install and maintain the radio control and running gear elements of the model. Here in my workshop [Kim’s] can be seen one of the RNLI plans with notes and photos around it, to help me with the understanding of the boat and required build approach. It is at this point I remember the old adage ‘measure twice [or even three times!!] and cut correctly once’. Here is the first window, on the starboard side, marked up. I re-checked this three times as on the second check I found I had measured incorrectly! This one is crucial as the others will extend from it and have a relationship with those on the front of the wheelhouse and the other items of boat ‘furniture’ along this side. All must be correct at the outset. Now all are marked up. At this point take a measurement from the back upright edge of the last rear window to the rear of the wheelhouse – it should measure 3" [3 foot]. Again check the measurement down from the top edge and the bottom up of the wheelhouse. At this point it can be wiped and done again, if wrong! Also note the ‘squiggle’ lines on the areas to be removed – it helps remind to use the right lines when ‘chain drilling’ the lines in the next few photos. First window ‘chain drilled’. Centre area removed. Note the chip marks. Here the ‘gel coat’ seemed very hard and brittle. However, these can be filled with P38 filler, when some is next mixed and a little is left over. That said, they will be hidden under the window frames – but that’s not the way I work. This shows the window finished off to the markings. The Speedline window frame fitted! The first four windows apertures completed and the last two chain drilled. All the window apertures finished. All the starboard windows ‘dry’ fitted, just to make sure all is correct and that they look correct. Only the front and Port side to do now! \| Trent Build Part 2 \| Trent Build Part 3 \| \| Return Home \| Lifeboat General Photos \| My Lifeboat Model Page \| 1/12th Speedline Trent 14-14 \| Other Model Lifeboats \| Neptune Sub \| Tamyia Scania Truck \|