Coxn John, welcome

well, now you've joined, get them lifeboats posted, especially your new aquisition.the more posts the better we'll get. neil.

Thanks nhp651, still feeling my way round in here, in particular where to store my pics, folder ? etc

don't think there is such a folder.............we all just post them straight onto the thread.

there is a section listed which gives a precise  description as to how to post them . it's easy and straight forward once you get used to it.

good luck. neil.

Oh ok, so theres no way of 'keeping' pics of my boat with my profile for others to see, no ?

don't think so on here, but to make sure ask roadrunner.........he'll definitely know. neil.

Ah, ok, thankyou

no probs.........sorry i couldn't help more

So, this is me briefly, most of my life i was friends with Brian Pegg (RNLI mechanic, then Coxn/Mechanic), by the late 70s early 80s i was going out crab potting with him quite often which led to Lifeboat involvement & trips out on 37-02 Oakley (Manchester Unity of Oddfellows), also a trip on 37-03 (Calouste Gulbenkian) when it came on relief, + a thump round in Cromers D class.
Some people say the Oakleys were slow, yes to todays boats they are, but i CAN say from experience that going up the side of a 25ft wave at 8 knots is quite fast enough for my stomach ! They were a VERY stable boat, i enjoyed those trips.
I decided to build a working model of 37-02 in 1/12th scale, oh lor what a decision, started in 1979 & kept at it for about 11 or 12 years, yes, years, came upon a problem i couldnt resolve & put it on a shelf until last year, problem solved & its now finished, only 35 years ! (albeit only 12 1/2 working on it). Its one boat no-one can criticise the colours on, its all genuine RNLI paint ! Thanks Brian

Having done that, iv gone totally crazy & bought 5 boats that need varying degrees of sorting out, ones got a holey hull, ones got no fittings & a crappy paint job, & just fetched today a HUGE 6ft 6in Oakley that i fell in love with the instant i saw it for sale.
I dont profess to be an expert modeller, altho iv prob done most things, inc trains (built an 11ft long working model of the Prototype Deltic, since sold) & classic car resto.
Enough about me.....

there's never enough good information John, and all fascinating stuff too.

I have seen your thumbnail of your Oakley on mayhem and it looks lovely...........perhaps you could post some shots of it on here............I am after all, a great lover of classic lifeboats myself...........can't beat them.

Good to have another lifeboat nutter on here...........there's only Mike and myself at the moment, so you make a very handy addition.
neil.

Ok Neil, coming right up,, + theres this YouTube link you can watch
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Hmm,. i forgot., all pics have to be downsized, im no techie ! Need my girlfriend here for that stuff