Showing posts with label lifeboat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifeboat. Show all posts
Monday, May 18, 2026

Lifeboat day haul

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  Obviously, I can't spend the day with lifeboats, without picking up something from the supporters' stand. And it's never too e...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Lifeboat day 2026

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Lifeboat day dawned grey and cloudy, but when I arrived at the lakeside, everything was set up, and looking good. I'd even got there ear...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

A couple of lifeboats

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Sorry, I'm a bit busy right now, so not much time for personal modelling, or blogging. Please enjoy a couple of photos from the recent K...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Saturday Film Club: Then and now: RNLI lifeboats over the years

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Lifeboats are brilliant, and this is a film about their development. Seriously, how brave did you have to be to go out in a rowing boat? I w...
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Warehouse Wednesday: Minehead RNLI station

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Built in 1950, and enlarged in 1993, Minehead's lifeboat station is home to a D Class and Atlantic 25. Both are launched by Tooltrack tr...
Saturday, June 04, 2022

Saturday Film Club: 100 years of RNLI tractors

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We always look at lifeboats, but for the technically inclined, the machines that movel them around are even more fascinating - and would be ...
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Sunday, May 22, 2022

KMBC Lifeboat Day 2022

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Last Sunday dawned sunny, but with the threat of rain later. Never mind, I was determined to attend our boat clubs' annual RNLI day, and...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

Model lifeboat day 2021

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 A nice sunny day and lots of orange boats, what more could you want on a Saturday morning?  Cake? Yes, there was some of that, but I can...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Model Lifeboat Day 2016

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No-one likes car parking duty much but as I own a hi-viz jacket and am quite happy to stand around being useful, I volunteered to do it ...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Launch the lifeboat!

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Persons of a certain age will remember these collecting tins for the RNLI in shops. Put a coin in the slot in the top of the boathouse an...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Lifeboat toy ahoy!

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I'll admit I'm a bit of a sucker for RNLI stuff. When it comes to supporting a charity, one that involves volunteers heading out on ...