Ahhhh so it was you guys that were subcontacted to upgrade Nimrods......only to discover that the boat we planned to bolt it all to was almost half an inch different side for side.
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- Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:07 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Pic of the Day
- Replies: 2374
- Views: 2384047
Re: Pic of the Day
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:54 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: The Tea Break Bench
- Replies: 76
- Views: 79767
Re: New Members
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.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
- 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.” ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
(and yes I know the intakes will need a different shade, and the hull isn't humped and the nose is wrong)
(and yes I know the intakes will need a different shade, and the hull isn't humped and the nose is wrong)
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:00 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: 45 Years Ago Today.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14778