Thanks for that everyone. I've shot a mail off to Bertazzon and with luck they can provide some information on the exact ride , history and colour scheme it originally had .
As a side note . My 5 year old stepson got in strife at school because he told the class on his news day that his stepdad had bought an old spaceship and that we were going to fix it up to ride in it . Welllll , the note came home about it . thankfully my partner saw the funny side & so to redeem my little blokes name I had to go in and show the teacher the photo's to set the record straight ......