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Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:43 am
by 10680
Will the Guppy be open tomorrow? It's been a while since I visited.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 3:31 pm
by Gaz
10680 wrote:Will the Guppy be open tomorrow? It's been a while since I visited.


Bit late, now, but she should have been open. Neil was there, working on her.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:05 pm
by 10680
Gaz wrote:
10680 wrote:Will the Guppy be open tomorrow? It's been a while since I visited.


Bit late, now, but she should have been open. Neil was there, working on her.



The door was open but I didn't want to go in with no-one actually there. Although there were people nearby. So only viewed from outside.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:23 pm
by Vulcan Bomber
C'mon Mr Lander, whats been happening??

This cropped up on farcebook if anyone would like a look see:

http://guppyphotos.com/

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:53 pm
by Gaz
Lots!

Get a load of the fuselage, below the cheat line!

Image


Anti corrosion work is continuing at a good, if not breath taking, pace. I've been laid up for 5 weeks with a ruptured disc, but, the others have been doing very well!

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:14 pm
by RLN
Coming on nicely, Gaz.

Hope you are recovering well.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:34 pm
by 10680
Gaz wrote:
............... I've been laid up for 5 weeks with a ruptured disc............



Nasty!

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:24 pm
by Ray C
Not nice....sorry to hear that....

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:09 pm
by Vulcan Bomber
Looking good, shame you cant see that side of the old girl on the way in now!

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:23 am
by Aceyone
I really must get up there one day to see it ! hope yu soon feel better Gaz :(

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:54 am
by Spitfire
10680 wrote:
Gaz wrote:
............... I've been laid up for 5 weeks with a ruptured disc............



Nasty!


What he said ... I've PM'd you ;)

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:24 am
by Sickbag_andy
Some of you may know that I built the original website for the Guppy restoration project at Brunty a few years ago, like me it had become a bit scruffy and out of date so I spent 2 half days building a new one, here's the link:

http://www.superguppy.co.uk/

hope you like it

Andy

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:46 pm
by Gaz
Top work, too!

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:09 pm
by RLN
I like the new site. :-BD

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:44 am
by Gaz
A photo of a, fairly tidy, guppy arse. For those of you that don't frequent facebook ;)

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Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:55 pm
by Giles
She's looking mighty fine Gaz

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:40 pm
by Gaz
Very brief summary of the past however long:

One side (Starboard) is finished. All colours done, all anti corrosion is done. She's looking very tidy!

Made a start on t'other side. The corrosion is quite a bit worse so it's taking a fair bit more effort.

She's been moved, temporarily. Expect to be in a new, permanent, home before Christmas.

That's about y'lot :)

If anyone has a means of contacting Danforth, please let me know. I lost his email address in a huge I.T. catastrophe. Cheers

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Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:57 pm
by Spitfire
Gaz wrote:
If anyone has a means of contacting Danforth, please let me know. I lost his email address in a huge I.T. catastrophe. Cheers


I suspect Wedgy has all our email addresses from our registrations - he'll know ;)

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:42 am
by Mayfly
PM'd you Gaz.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:44 pm
by Sooty655

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:33 pm
by Sooty655
The Guppy cockpit has gone to SWAM, together with the cockpit of an Olympic 747.

Picture here.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:34 am
by 34053
Thank you Sooty.

PW

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:25 am
by Wedgy
Thanks Sooty - had been wondering and the Guppy Facebook page had dropped off my account :(

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:42 pm
by 10680
Very sad but at least some survives.

Grateful that I was able to have a few visits to the complete aircraft.

Thanks to those that made that possible.

Re: Super Guppy Restoration

PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:35 pm
by Gaz
Yep, cut up and moved. We weren't even told by the owner. Heard it third hand.

It's left a very bitter taste.

The plan was to instantly take on another project, but we all fell out of love with it and found other things to do.

A very sad end, a lot of bridges burned and a few friendships lost forever.