The Bluebird Project

A couple of random thoughts... ¿Is "Old English White" a stable decay product of old English white paint? Bill says the paint color is uniform throughout, which seems unexpected for deteriorating paint. Could it be that 50 yrs ago it was white, 40 yrs ago it was a mottle of white through i...

There was that 3d scan a while ago...
Any thought of releasing that data?
Or doing another scan when closer to complete?

I wrote

As much as I did read looked like... it wasn't written by BBP.

That was a bit of snark at the LDNPA.

After reading maybe another 20% of the page, I take back my snark. Looks like maybe mostly kinda reasonable.

At the LDNPA page posted yesterday by Malcolm: Update 30 January, 2019 Steve Tatlock, Park Management team leader at the Lake District National Park, said: “We are disappointed to hear the Bluebird Event Group will not be bringing Bluebird K7 back to Coniston Water this summer, [...]” And more appar...

Hat tip to Saunders Roe for one of the competitors.

Recently from the Wings Museum: firing up a restored Merlin. WW2 Engine Reborn - Buried for 70 years the story of Halifax JD150 This crowd might appreciate the (claimed) low-loof focus of the project. "We really wanted right from the beginning to keep everything as original as possible [...] wh...

Did you just say "Lake Winnebago"?

15x50km and 6m deep with many access points and little bureaucracy.
Big noisy fast boats welcome. Ted will find friends and Bluebird may find a fair race.
The local sailing speed record was 143mph before Donald got started.

Renegadenemo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:46 am Anyone found wrong side of the ropes without the relevant pass will be chopped up and fed to the trout.

...to ensure their health and safety, of course.


(Bluebird whole in daylight!)

ExcelsiorUK wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:06 pm Well, 2 months down the line I've given it a go. ...
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/ae4c092 ... edd7fed6ea
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Look Mom! No semicircle!
Are those intakes worth a BBP mug or something?



(meh. quote loses picture.)

Progress defies words, as ever over past some years.

Apart from color, iirc there was something specially slippery about the original bottom paint. Any thoughts about replicating that or not?