Project Zero - A replica Great War airship

by Project Zero in Llanfair Caereinion, Wales, United Kingdom

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A project to replicate a full-sized Zero class airship control car, the first to be built in 100 years.

by Project Zero in Llanfair Caereinion, Wales, United Kingdom

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£100 Reward

A unique, handcrafted and hand cast white metal badge, specially designed for the project, showing a Zero blimp over the Welsh coast. Designed to imitate the 'sweat heart' badges of the period, and sent regular personal updates via videos and photographs of the progress plus all of the previous tiers rewards.

£10 or more

£10 Reward

Your name will appear online in the list of supporters and will also appear in the publication 'Airships Over Wales' that details the results of our project and documents the building of the replica.

£20 or more

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£20 Reward

A unique full colour clothe badge of a Zero class airship, as seen in the project's logo, specially commissioned and designed and only available as a reward from our project. Your name will also appear on the list of supporters in the book.

£50 or more

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£50 Reward

A unique T-shirt featuring the project logo, the cloth badge and your name on the list of supporters in the book.

£75 or more

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£75 Reward

Choose one of three available reproduction cloth badge as issued to the crew of airships serving with the RNAS during the Great War. All rewards from previous tiers will also be gifted to supporters at this level. See the video for samples of these unique reproductions of the Pilot, Wireless Operator and Flight Engineers insignia.

£200 or more

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£200 Reward

Alongside all of the previous rewards, you will receive a unique print of the original 1917 plans for the control car, with you're own name inserted into the 'issued to' box. These 1/8 scale blue prints were found in the Smithsonian museum as part of our research.

£250 or more

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£250 Reward

All of the above and a personal invite to attend the launch event where the finished control car will be presented to other supporters, our project partners and the media. Be one of the first to sit in this unique replica, the first chance to do so for nearly 100 years!

£500 or more

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£500 Reward

Your name will appear on a plaque inside the replica control car and you have the option to feature in a supporters interview to appear in the book, explaining your interest and why you supported this project. You will also receive all previous tiers of rewards for your pledge.

£1,000 or more

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£1000 Reward

As well as being invited to the launch event, having your name inscribed on a plaque inside the replica and the other gifts you will be invited to exclusive previews of the build and sent regular personal updates via videos and photographs of the progress as it happens on a weekly basis. Be one of the very first to see and experience this unique replica before it leaves the workshop.

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