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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:37 pm | |
| hi, this is my lifeboat carriage I have built for my lifeboat THE GORDON WARREN based at rhyl from 1939 - to 1949. it is one of seven built using the Hotchkiss internal cones. ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5612](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5612.jpg) ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5613](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5613.jpg) the two big wheels (on left) I have made myself. the two small ones (right) I bought from car boot. the rest I made from scratch, same as the boat i built from scratch. david | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:56 pm | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:28 pm | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:35 pm | |
| SUPERB !!!!!!!
I LOVE IT.!!!!
What size is she,John, and is she powered by your own designed impeller. If so would love to see how you did it, and lets have a build log on both the lifeboat and the carriage.............might get some converts over from mayhem to watch this.
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:31 pm | |
| well I have finally got the pictuers resized ready to post. first of all I drew a plan of the cart wheel, at 1inch to the foot as that is what the lifeboat was built at, so made it 6 inches dia. ![lifeboat carriage Img03610](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/img03610.jpg) the hub I made from pine, I used my drill saw to make it then marked out all the holes for spokes, ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5614](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5614.jpg) this is the start of the wheels ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5615](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5615.jpg) the spokes I used skewers what are used for kebabs bamboo, but really should have bought some doweling and shaped them but like all my builds I am working on a shoestring. in the end I am happy with results and that's all that matters. the rim of the wheel is made from a hard balsa, once they were glued to the rim the wheels where shaped. ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5616](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5616.jpg) sorry the pics are not in wright order. that's it now will post again this week david | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:48 pm | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:44 pm | |
| hi Damien, there is nothing like that going to happen ![lol!](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/lol.gif) , no heating and shrinking of metal tyres, I have painted it black to look like metal ![Thumbup](/users/1413/25/46/12/smiles/263602217.gif) . must have been great to see it being done though. I have watched a few on u tube doing just that amazing stuff david | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:03 pm | |
| this is the two wheels made, one on the axel ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5618](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5618.jpg) bit more making the carriage.i used some pine I cut to size on table saw. ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5619](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5619.jpg) this is the frame work built ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5621](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5621.jpg) is it possible to move pictures closer up, don't no why they are so far apart david Fixed David. Damien. | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:14 am | |
| this next part is the steering, and how the horses pull the carriage. the bandage for plaster board joins I already had so used this. ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5622](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5622.jpg) ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5623](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5623.jpg) ![lifeboat carriage Dscf5624](https://i.servimg.com/u/f56/18/03/88/93/dscf5624.jpg) the axel is fitted to under side, david | |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:07 pm | |
| thanks Damien
I am now waiting for car boots to start round here looking for some horses to go with it, like that caravan jo had I have been trying to find it but gave up what size were they.
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:27 pm | |
| SUPERB DAVIT......Wish you'd have posted this earlier......would have had a bash at making one for my sailing lifeboat.....brilliant MAN!!!! |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:17 am | |
| They were 1/12th scale David there are quite a few different types of horses in various scales on ebay where I got mine. Damien. |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:20 pm | |
| hi neil,
haven't you got your lifeboats now, I was hopeing to see them at ellsmere in march if you were going.
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:30 pm | |
| sorry david, they both went very quickly to new owners......the Maude pickup......pulling/sailing boat went to kent, and the Motor sailor went to a collector in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland where the boat was first based............went very quickly. never got chance to even sail the motor sailor. neil. |
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![lifeboat carriage Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jun 02, 2014 2:40 pm | |
| hi, at last i have found a horse for my carrage the handler is work in progress david | |
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