Campbell’s Bluebird

[Ray PaiceParticipant @raypaice95388]

Hi there, I’m normally into things with sails but fancy building a working model of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird but can’t locate any plans. I seem to recall an article in a mag fairly recently but cannot locate it. Grateful for any help.

Ray

[Vinnie BraniganParticipant @vinniebranigan92297]

Ray, there’s a review of a Blue Bird kit here we published not so long ago.

Speedline Models Blue Bird

Hope this helps!

Vinnie

[Ray PaiceParticipant @raypaice95388]

Thanks for the info Vinnie – I may just have to buy the kit.

Ray

[Archibald MainstreamParticipant @archibaldmainstream22940]

Touchwood Models do a version of Bluebird K7, it retails at £160, but is twice the size of the speedline version. Over on modelboat meyhem forum there is a thread on the merits of this kit, and the faults with it.
Personally i’d go with the Speedline kit.

Daryl

[Armando LoniParticipant @armandoloni78860]

Also consider the George Turner Models Bluebird K3 kit – very nice indeed.

[MzeeParticipant @mzee]

Ray, you might try contacting the Rushkin Museum in Coniston re Frederick Blois’ book "Rainbow Coloured" and for their CD simply titled ‘K7 Bluebird Plans’. – See the pics of my pulse jet model in the gallery.

Good luck,

Robin 

[madmalParticipant @madmal]

I have the Touchwood kit and it took nearly 2 years to get it running anything like ‘realistic’

It even sank once and sat at the bottom of our lake for 3 days!

It now runs on 12 cells, Graupner 700 and flexdrive[submerged]

Unless you have tons of patience and money…not for the beginner.

[James BurnParticipant @jamesburn57673]

does anyone have a nice bluebird model (running) would love to buy one for my brother in law!

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

speedline will actually mould a 1:6 scale bluebird to special order, and there was an article in one of the mags about this boat and a chap who’d put a gas turbine engine in it……it worked beautifully under r/c but you have to have a bally long lake to sail it on.

[James BurnParticipant @jamesburn57673]

how much is the 1:6 scale boat?

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

no idea,james, but if you log onto his web site it might tell you there.neil.

[James BurnParticipant @jamesburn57673]

thanks niel!!! are you going t the ellesmere port model boat show?

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

no James , off on our annual holiday upto Largs on the Clyde, ship spotting.

cheers,neil.

[Ray PaiceParticipant @raypaice95388]

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