A few outdoor pics of ny scratch[-built airship

philo426 · April 14, 2008, 4:14pm

Here are a few pics of my scratch-built Airship that I completed in the fall of 2007.It being a nice day I couldn’t resist.

kpolak · April 14, 2008, 5:42pm

Awesome! Great job of modelling!

Kurt

philo426 · April 14, 2008, 6:05pm

Thanks!It was a lot of work.

Brutus · April 14, 2008, 10:42pm

Looks great, P!

marmelmm · April 15, 2008, 8:09pm

Loverly! Needs some nice Deco prewar Lionels to go with.

Mitch

Cesco · April 16, 2008, 3:19am

oh WOW… i love it !!! great job !!! you are a great modeller !!! [bow]

cesco

cnw1995 · April 16, 2008, 8:40am

Looks great! I have a soft spot in my heart for airships - I’m looking at a photo right now of the Graf Zeppelin visiting Chicago in 1933. This is a great model. I have only a plastic kitbashed airship hanging over my layout.

philo426 · April 16, 2008, 10:56pm

Here is a photo of the internal structure of the airship!

1_R.I_nut · April 16, 2008, 11:23pm

Hey that’s a good job, (1)did you build from plans or is it scratch ? (2) What did you make the frame and skin from ? (3) Is it full of helium (He said with a squeaky donald duck voice)

philo426 · April 17, 2008, 7:14am

Well I drew a picture of it(Which is my own design) and used it to make a construction drawing.It is made of styrene with a brass-tubing keel.The skin is individual .20 Styrene plates and no there is no helium in it.It is a non[-flying display model suspended from fishing leaders.