The Bluebird Project

Interesting episode..... Particularly the generalisation over the "wake" theory in relation to Cobbs crash. Hi Thunderer, do you mean the programmes 'wake theory' or the general theory of the cause of the crash. Peter Du Cane, a named person [sorry, I have just sold all my books so I can't...

Bored out of my brains with nothing to do due to Covid I decided to watch National Geographic 'Drain the Ocean' s2 ep 11 'The secrets of Loch Ness' near the end of the programme there was a section on John Cobb and Crusader showing footage of the crash from the front which I have never seen before. ...

I have just been informed of the death of John Ackroyd. John was a great designer and his website shows it all from ballooning to WLSR. He was a good friend of mine and I went to his house several times to see him. On the last occasion with Chris Loney, We drove down to see him in horrendous weather...

RichM , John used to have me travelling all over the UK taking photos of boats/ cars and engines for him. I used to show the photos of his models to the curators and surprisingly they allowed me to clamber all over these historic vehicles. I used an 18" rulers marked in different colours and pu...

I think his models won a few trophies! I know one of his models sold for about $36,000 thirty six thousand dollars

John Mays Miss America X, another masterpiece.

Sorry, hit the wrong button as I meant to add some more photos.

HI RichM. praise re modelling skills from you is praise indeed having seen your models. I know you keep good company in the modelling world as I've seen the You Tube of your K7 running in Fleetwood with a certain Fred Harris ex Replicast models in attendance. The engine you posted the photos of are ...

RIP John May. I am sorry to report the death of modeller supreme John May 90yrs. He sadly passed away in July 2020. I had corresponded with John over many years and we had become good friends. As a result I received and was allowed to take photos of some of his models. On page 80 of this thread Blac...

Its called the 'crocker system'. As stated earlier it is a tripod with a 'telescope on top. The 'timer' aims the cross wires on the telescope at the front of the boat and follows it. As the telescope turns it hits a point where electronic contact is made to start the clock. At the end of the 'mile' ...