The freshly painted areas stand out rather against her older, original paint, too.

I have seen the Bluebird updates and I am impressed by the way they try to piece it together again using as much original material as possible.

The irony is that the Lottery people who initially refused any funding because their ‘experts’ couldn’t see/understand how K7’s original material could all be used, are now knocking on the project’s door, impressed by what they’ve seen and wishing Bill to spread the word! So, maybe in the future some other project will benefit from their increased, if a bit late, understanding. :rolleyes:

My word, how things have changed since I posted that!

The restoration/rebuild of K7 has started, and I’m now 100% fully behind it; in fact, I am the cartoonist who’s work has been featured in the last few diary page entries, and also it’s me that has created the promotional video for the project which is now on You Tube!

The Bluebird Project Promo Video

A DVD cover they sell is also my work, and there’s more planned, too. Bill and I have spoken on the phone a couple of times, and he’s a fantastic bloke; I’m so glad to read here that there’s another Orpheus on it’s way ‘oop North to help K7 out. So, is it the correct type that they were after, then?

As of last week Bluebird is now back in one piece, her original frame having been brilliantly stitched back together. If anyone here has not been following the restoration, it’s detailed piece by piece with lots of photos in Bill’s diary entries on the BBP website- it’s well worth following, as the lengths they are going to to reuse every last tiny tangled scrap of original material are extraordinary- when finished, K7 is going to be quite staggeringly original!

The project site link is in my signature-

There I was setting up a new PC for the family, got it online, big hurrah, and…straight to this news.

Awful, awful news- I’m so sorry, for the pilot, his family, and for any of you good folk here who witnessed the incident. 🙁

Sounds interesting- hope it’s reasonably well made, with not too many cheesy effects etc!

I don’t know much about any of this, but aren’t there any kinds of clear protective coats that can be used on bare metal? Apply that for the protection, paint your interior green over it, then the metal is protected, and the eventual worn edges will still look authentic?! :confused:

What a great project this is to follow; looking forward to seeing more pics as things progress, and maybe one day to some You Tubes of it running, too?

JDK, thanks loads for the insight into Herbie’s efforts to capture the moment on film, much appreciated and very interesting.