I've got an idea in my head for a diorama and could do with some pics of WWII life rafts british ones if possible, anyone know where I can look, tried the internet but without any luck
Adrian
Adrian
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Do you mean life boat or raft.
If you want a WWII life raft you will need to look for Carley Floats. or search patent no. us734118.
They where made in a variety of sizes, most where oval but there was also square and rectangular ones. If you find a good model one let me know I would like a couple.
They are by there nature very hard to make well in small sizes, as they are all rope, knots and nets!
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I have a Walrus to build and wanted to do it rescuing a crew if possible I was gonna try and scratch build a raft as I figure that there may not be any in kit form for 1:48th out thereOriginally posted by \
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Ah! Now I would think that a Walrus would not have a carley float but I imagine that you could find/make a rubber life raft a la RAF out of a bit of milliput or the like.
If the party being rescued is to be from a ship, I think you could actually find a dingy or row boat in that scale. I'll have a look at a few of my resources and see if I can find some thing.
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I was thinking Milliput, but havent even seen a pic to go on
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Well that was easier than I thought.
life boats/dingy: The Model Dockyard 1:48 Scale
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I dont know why I can nevre find what I need, no matter what I type in I found real life rafts though
,,, thanks Ian appreciate it
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You need to look for WW2 RAF Dinghy
This was just about the first thing that came up!
The RAF One -Man Dinghy in WW2 - David Farnsworth - MilitaryTrader
Cheers
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oh excellent, I'm not very good at the tinternet thingie
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