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by DamienB
Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Pic of the Day
Replies: 2374
Views: 2384047

Re: Pic of the Day

...only to discover that the boat we planned to bolt it all to was almost half an inch different side for side.
:lol: Ahhhh so it was you guys that were subcontacted to upgrade Nimrods...
by DamienB
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:44 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Tribute Act
Replies: 301
Views: 285939

Re: Tribute Act

250 psi? You big girl. Watching someone put 1500 psi on a 1200 psi hydraulic system I retired to a safe distance. I doubled it and added a fire engine to hide behind when I heard them say "Still not moving - up another 500 please". Bit of a bang and hyd everywhere shortly afterwards, natur...
by DamienB
Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:10 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Tribute Act
Replies: 301
Views: 285939

Re: Tribute Act

If you look at it that way, then you could say the same of the British Pursuit team I certainly would. There's a world of difference between talking about it and going out and actually building something and then trying to get it to work and I have a lot of respect for them for doing that. The orig...
by DamienB
Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:58 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Tribute Act
Replies: 301
Views: 285939

Re: Tribute Act

Entering the arena towards the end of 2011, the K777 Team... To be fair to them, they've had their punch on the nose, taken it like men, patched things up with the Campbell family and yomped onwards. I wish them the very best of luck and they've certainly produced far more in the way of tangible re...
by DamienB
Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:54 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: The Tea Break Bench
Replies: 76
Views: 79767

Re: New Members

MikeT wrote:i've read that with Leos album you get a set of 3D glasses to look at some of the pics with? Is the effect good or not
I wish they'd just printed the 3d shots as 2d. It's just a gimmick and doesn't work very well, completely overwhelming the colours in the process.
by DamienB
Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:43 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Across The Lake
Replies: 146
Views: 200922

Re: Across The Lake

"There is a section of copyright law known as ‘The Berne Act.’ It clearly states: “films unreleased in the United Kingdom and United States, including original version of films altered and/or edited for release therein, are not protected by copyright; thus, they are considered public domain.” ...
by DamienB
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:34 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: CN 7 Crash
Replies: 25
Views: 28387

Re: CN 7 Crash

I know we joke about lead cast in biscuit lids then sat on top of a bit of wardrobe door but has anyone been near a space shuttle perhaps its heat shields are held in place with bits of string :lol:. Maybe Donald wasn't shooting a line It may very well be rocket science after all old boy. :) I coul...
by DamienB
Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:25 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Technical Talk
Replies: 915
Views: 1016876

Re: New Members

What is the commercially available version of Choccy Sauce? For sidecar purposes, pretty well any automotive seam sealer should do fine. When I was last in that business, albeit over 20 years ago, the state of the art was stuff called "Tiger Flex". Possibly now called "Tiger Seal&quo...
by DamienB
Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:04 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
Replies: 961
Views: 1077649

Re: Bluebird Models

Opinions on the colour then...

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(and yes I know the intakes will need a different shade, and the hull isn't humped and the nose is wrong)
by DamienB
Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:00 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: 45 Years Ago Today.
Replies: 9
Views: 14778

Re: 45 Years Ago Today.

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