wooden dingy type kits

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Hi all

I am trying to find a wooden kit of an old type wooden life raft/ dingy. I wanted one to tow behind my boat when done, but wanted a fully detailed painted and varnished wooden boat, not a resin cast.

If anyone has come across a website with these on in either 1:20 1:24 or plans to make one, (any size as I can scale to fit,) I would be extremely grateful for info.

Many thanks

Don

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Don,

Have you thought of having a look around the manufacturers websites for a model ship that has a dinghy on it and seeing if they will sell you one seperately?

I am doing a Mountfleet Ben Ain, unfortunately in 1/35th, but she has two ships boats as a fibreglass moulding that requires cladding with planking and adding the thwarts etc before adding them to the kit. If you can find something in 1/20th or 1/24th maybe you can get hold of something.

Have a look at this for example:

http://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk/pilot_boat_britannia.htm

I am sure if you give Mountfleet a ring they will sell you the fibreglass hull of the dingy that you could finish yourself.