Donald Campbell's Bluebird: the afterlife
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, Sep 06 2018 09:56 AM
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Posted 06 September 2018 - 09:56 AM
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Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 06 September 2018 - 12:05 PM
Interesting, to say the least.
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Posted 06 September 2018 - 12:49 PM
1958 Merit kit 1/24 Donald Campbell's Bluebird.
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Posted 07 September 2018 - 11:42 AM
Was that kit sold in the U.S.? I know I looked for a model of it, to display with the model of the Bluebird LSR car.
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Posted 07 September 2018 - 03:38 PM
Fairly obscure but probably was imported by someone like Polk's.
Speaking of the LSR and the boat, here are both in one kit with Jetex motor included, possibly a promotional item for BP.
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Posted 08 September 2018 - 11:43 AM
Wow! Jetex powered! We used to power those pseudo-LSR cars with Estes rockets. I think my Bluebird car model was by Aurora, but I wouldn't stake my life on it. I know Hawk had it in 1/32.
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Posted 08 September 2018 - 05:02 PM
Hi Dave,
Here are a couple of Hawks, have several Jetex and/or CO2 powered kits, mostly 1950s, early 1960s wood or vacuum form, not sure which Aurora you may have had.
Here are a couple of Hawks, have several Jetex and/or CO2 powered kits, mostly 1950s, early 1960s wood or vacuum form, not sure which Aurora you may have had.
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Posted 08 September 2018 - 07:29 PM
Just noticed the Hawk artwork is signed Campbell.
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Posted 09 September 2018 - 01:50 PM
Don't remember for sure if it was Aurora. I still had it, built up, until maybe 15 years ago. I only kept it because I had found a model of a jet that included an engine. It wasn't exactly 1/25, but I was going to use it anyway to do a full interior. I had a phantom drawing of the car I had picked up somewhere. Might still have that. But I junked the car when I cleared out my old car models (needed the shelf space for trains).
