Bluebird first test
Not expecting speed today
Test 1 - it floats!
Ticks over nicely at 58,000 rpm
Navy Day at Knightcote, Southam, Warwickshire
It rained at first, but dried up later
launching / recovery winch
Nice pond, loads of parking at the farm
Garden Railway next to the pond
John C on the Surface Warships pitch
The recovery winch in action
very nice models everywhere
some of the permanent facilities at the pond
The G gauge trains were running too
Sunshine toward the end of the day
Some more pictures from our warships day
and.....
more warships...Jeff and John B with Jeff's monitor
Bill took quite a collection
both fast and slow
Roy Wood's prototype Lysander complete with Woody!
even more warships
We were there
The pond at Whites nurseries, Earls Barton, Northampton
Blue dye dispenser boat!
towed around the pond
gorgeous stem launch
Very welcoming club members
They have a member very similar interests to Bill !
and here is Leon with a yet-to-be-tested long-tail
Interesting surface drive with.....
.......a selection of swamp runner style propellers
Salcombe lifeboat spotted 240 miles from home
modified Sea Queen project
It takes 4 people to study three motors!
Ken's partly dismantled steam engine - version number ?
Albert had started the hull planking in July that would be completed by Christmas