NEW LIFEBOAT KIT from David Metcalf Models

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

I would like to announce that

my friends Ann Metcalf and Dave Metcalf have just announced that their new kit which Dave has been working on for some time is now ready for sale.

it is made at 1;12 scale,. and here are 4 pictures of the prototype model Liverpool that Dave completed a couple or so months ago and sent to me.
she is beautiful, and long worth waiting for.

the price is £540.00p plus £10.00 p n p, and contact Dave Metcalf on [email protected] for more details or to order.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

New LIVERPOOL CLASS LIFEBOAT

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

That's a lovely model, Neil. It's nice to see another Old Master who hasn't lost his touch.

Maybe not a good idea to put his E-Mail on the forum, however. There be nasty trolls and bots out there.

Dave M

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

If there is an alternative contact I will substitute it in the post Neil.

Colin

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

hi, Dave, it was Ann that has published it……………it is on facebook and other places, as Dave now trades solely from home. She asked me to pass the word……

you know me Dave………..I do as I'm told these days…………my rebellious days

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

the only other way would be to go onto one of the facebook model lifeboat forums and contact Ann through that, but Ann herself published the details on facebook, and from what Dave said to me on the phone in august when he told me he had finished the model and just working on the paperwork, that when he advertises in the press after Christmas he would be putting in that email as line of contact…. so i was only doing as Ann has asked.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Neil,

Is that a 41' Watson ?? If so that hull moulding would help if I wanted to build Dowager the Dunkirk Little Ship which is currently at the bottom of my road in the Medway at Allington

Regards Ray

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Oops! Legs well and truly smacked….

DM (The Other One)

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

Posted by Dave Milbourn on 16/12/2020 14:26:07:

Oops! Legs well and truly smacked….

DM (The Other One)

nah dave………….i'd never smack your legs mate………..you too good to me………..i think that Dave metcalf just has that email for his business ordering as he still produces the Ann Letitia Russell and the yacht Moonbeam to order. his home/personal email is different.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

Posted by Ray Wood 2 on 16/12/2020 13:36:18:

Hi Neil,

Is that a 41' Watson ?? If so that hull moulding would help if I wanted to build Dowager the Dunkirk Little Ship which is currently at the bottom of my road in the Medway at Allington

Regards Ray

yes Ray,

i am almost sure she is the Rosa Woode and Phyllis Lunn one of the 13 lifeboats that took part in the Dunkirk evacuations in 1940, and yes she is a 41' Watson class lifeboat, and was sister boat in the build workshops to our own Fleetwood 41' Watson the Ann Letitia Russell that Dave Metcalf produces as a kit.

however, a totally different boat to the 35'6" Liverpool class lifeboat.

[Richard SimpsonModerator @richardsimpson88330]

I've never really found modern lifeboats interesting but when I saw this one at Whitby one day it made me realise that the more traditional designs really are quite a lovely boat. The woodwork in that model really does look beautiful.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

Posted by Richard Simpson on 16/12/2020 15:20:57:

I've never really found modern lifeboats interesting but when I saw this one at Whitby one day it made me realise that the more traditional designs really are quite a lovely boat. The woodwork in that model really does look beautiful.

 

the is the Mary Ann Hepworth, Richard, and was the lifeboat i took all the photos of way back in 1994/5 to design and produce the kit of for the Fleetwood boat, Ann Letitia Russell, sister boat to the MAH and the one in Roys photo……..a 41' Watson……….beautiful boats.

Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 16/12/2020 15:50:35

[Richard SimpsonModerator @richardsimpson88330]

That's her, many thanks Neil, very interesting. She was doing trips outside the harbour at the time and looked superb under way.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

you should have taken the trip Richard…………i did some years ago, and crossing the Whitby bar in any vessel is an experience, but in a 41' old wooden lifeboat, its especially exciting!

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

my new kit arrived two days ago from my friend Dave Metcalf, and after my excitement eased at actually receiving one so soon i delved into the box.

just unwrapped my new toy………… and am almost speachless……….it is A B S O L U T E L Y BEAUTIFUL……….fantastic, brilliant.

the box is full of goodies……hull cabin, inner cabin bulkhead and floor,

box of fittings, box with rigging cord and other wooden and brass parts,

a pack of wooden laser cut parts,

a pack of wooden printed parts,

a pack of plastic cnc cut parts,

a pack of I presume, timber and other longish parts in a protective bubble tube, with two propeller shafts and tubes included.

full set of Dave's very full instructions, written by a modeler for modelers,

three sheets of plans,

And a sheet of timber printed dolls house paper, that has been used to great effect when varnished on the cabin for the last 25 years on the Ann Letitia Russell.

but as yet, i haven't found a partidge OR a pear tree……..but still looking as every thing else is in there!

MAGNIFICENT.

[Richard SimpsonModerator @richardsimpson88330]

Beautiful Neil, I'm looking forward to seeing the planking go over the deck housing!

You are right I should have gone for a trip on the MAH, hindsight is always wonderful.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

Richard……she was sold earlier this year for a ridiculously low price of about £8000 , and the new owner has taken her down the east coast,,,,,,some say to hull, others say she has gone further down, whilst others say she is heading for ST Katherines dock in London where she is going to be a trip boat yet again. i just hope the new owner doesn't do anything to her beautiful cockpit and forward cuddy……….

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