One of the primary research aims of the project is to enable an accurate reconstruction of the Submarine Scout Zero class control car. It needs to establish if any plans or blueprints survive and make a digital copy for our project archive. This is the unique experimental archaeological approach we are taking to this theme, although we are using computers, we aim to arrive in the workshop! Until such a time I have been working on an image of a partially constructed Zero, illustrated in 'Airship Pilot No 28', in combination with a set of line images and the image of the crashed (and burnt!) SSZ 7. Using a digital paint package the ribs and frames were traced and then imported into Sketch-up, where they were turned into 3d objects and the control car 'virtually' reconstructed. Update Summer 2017 It appears that things do truly arrive in threes. An encouraging email from the author and lighter than air research expert Mr Brian Turpin confirmed the existence of the blueprints for the prototype control car, this was followed by the Royal Aeronautical Society Library listing the 1918 production blueprints and a copy of the Airship Service handbook for the Zero. Then an enquiry from New Zealand as to what we needed for the project and how he could help led to Mr Mike Jenkins quickly supplying the blueprints, handbook and additional drawings. Time to start work analysing the original blueprints, Mr Jenkins has already flagged a possible issue with the often quoted car length at 17feet 6 inches, but the rest of the details now available are incredibly useful. Update Summer 2017 It appears that things do truly arrive in threes. An encouraging email from the author and lighter than air research expert Mr Brian Turpin confirmed the existence of the blueprints for the prototype control car, this was followed by the Royal Aeronautical Society Library listing the 1918 production blueprints and a copy of the Airship Service handbook for the Zero. Then an enquiry from New Zealand as to what we needed for the project and how he could help led to Mr Mike Jenkins quickly supplying the blueprints, handbook and additional drawings. Time to start work analysing the original blueprints, Mr Jenkins has already flagged a possible issue with the often quoted car length at 17feet 6 inches, but the rest of the details now available are incredibly useful. the assembly workshop is 50' X 25' just big enough to build a single Zero control car Now we have reached the critical stage to fund the remaining 60 % which is £14,000. We have planned a museum quality replica as a piece of experimental archaeology, not a film prop, hence the costs. Update December 2018 Despite the crowdfunding campaign not achieving its target, we have not given up! Therefore we are extending the crowdfunding campaign until the new year with a final attempt to make this happen. Details of how you can contribute and help us reach this goal can be found here: https://projectzerohistorymatters.blogspot.com/2018/12/ssz100.html