Bluebird jet boats

I remember an article in the old "Scale Modelers" mag from the late

1970s (now loooong gone from my stash) that discussed building one of these out of resin. The kit was manufactured, not homebuilt (had decals) and from what I could tell from the photos (kinda dark and grainy) looked pretty good. Don't remember scale nor manufacturer, sorry.

Lot's of data in the UK, I think there are several people who make mouldings of the various Bluebirds.

"Marine Modelling International" magazine, , some time had an article on one.

And there was a video online of it, the jet really whistled, AIRC.

Can't see it in the pile, MMI have a back issue search - February 2003 - so no wonder I can't see it.

Cheers, Gary B-)

I visited Coniston a couple of years ago. The Ruskin Museum had a GA drawing of Bluebird K7 on display. It might be worth contacting them to see if prints are available.

Failing that, the Bluebird Project may be able to help.

For Model Kits try

or

for a vacform 1/24th scale model that can be converted to electric power

and

for 1/12 scale GRP model that can be converted to Gas Turbine power

Plus they do 1/43 and 1/76 static display models as well

Replicast and Record models did resin Kits of K7, but I don't think either are currently trading.

In message , " snipped-for-privacy@ohiohills.com" writes

Look what I found:

...Bluebird K7 plans on CD A wood pre-finished model of it: a Jetex rocket-powered one: Pat

Cool. Probably exactly what I'm thinking about.

Geez. 214.99 plus shipping! Right now I couldn't afford that in Canadian.

one:

Funny that I never saw that page in the all the times I've wandered the jetex.org site. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Thanks.

I get the impression that that's a pretty rare set by collector standards I was trying to figure out if the boat is vacuformed plastic or pressed metal of some sort. I can still remember my Jetex rocket engine zipping all over the floor of our enclosed porch after it got loose during a test firing. Think God the floor was tiled, not carpeted!

Pat