Thursday 1 September 2011

Bluebird K7

Bluebird K7 being built by Roy, don't you just love the fact that Roy is holding up a quilt as I take the photo!
Pieces being built.
 Dolls head to represent Donald Campbell.

Due to be finished 17th/18th September for first trial on water!

5 comments:

jan said...

What speed is he aiming for?

jan said...

Yep, that is just where the blokes should be. hahaha Hi Roy.
What is the stuff he is using for that? I wonder if he could make templates out of it???? Nice little sideline Liz.

QuiltandPatch said...

Well the boat is 10th scale so maybe about 35 miles an hour but he doesn't know what is going to happen!!! Hehe

It's made out of balsa wood and fibreglass.He already makes all my templates out of some stuff we had left over from doing some consevatory type windows.So really good for fussy cutting too!

jan said...

That's pretty good though isn't it. I always expect balsa wood to crack up though. It is amazing how strong it is. Are you going to film the trial? Well he is one handy chap to have around if he makes your templates, now then which do I need??? hahahaha Only joking Roy. ;-)

QuiltandPatch said...

The balsa wood is very strong when you have glue,fibreglass,primer and paint on it.We hope to take photos but haven't got a video recorder only mobile phone ones that don't do very long but we will see.