SMS Seydlitz by Canute, Cog, Stein Gildberg & RGL - FINISHED - Hobbyboss - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[RGL]

So this arrived in the post today, pretty simple but impressive and will be a challenge to paint 

[RGL]

Because Australia post is a bit overwhelmed at the moment, I can’t finish Vendetta so I thought I’d make a start on the 1/350 Zeppelin, trying to figure out how to mount it 

[Old Collingwood]

How about a thin clear tube  like I have seen the use  for aircraft dio's?

 

OC.

[RGL]

Three main pieces, Fit is very nice 

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks pretty cool - diorama would be a neat idea.

 

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, RGL said:

Three main pieces, Fit is very nice 

Quite a beast  looks  quite long  over a foot long Greg?

 

OC.

[RGL]

50cms or so? I need to put a plug in the centre so I can put her on a brass stand. The gondolas are bloody precarious 

[Old Collingwood]

59 minutes ago, RGL said:

50cms or so? I need to put a plug in the centre so I can put her on a brass stand. The gondolas are bloody precarious 

And upside down Greg😮

 

OC.

[RGL]

Yes so it makes sense 

[lmagna]

7 hours ago, RGL said:

trying to figure out how to mount it 

Looks like you may have decided on mounting on stilts the same as you do your ships. But if you wanted to make her look like she was flying you could mount her to a painting or photo of the sky, possibly with clouds. And mount her to the picture from the back side. That way you can then mount the picture/ship on the wall like any other picture and save room in your display cabinet for the ships that are sure to come. 

 

A Mooring Mast would be another nice method of displaying the ship when "Docked" but I don't  have any idea of just what a German WWI mast would looks like. It appears that they preferred a track mounted low mast with a separate car to clamp onto the lower fin like was later used for the US Akron and Macon airships. All landing operations were done with just people holding onto a bunch of lines and dragging the ship around. 

Edited December 13, 2021 by lmagna

[RGL]

Yes it’s going to be a challenge but some good ideas thanks 

[lmagna]

I did a little more browsing before bedtime last night and it would appear the the Germans did not use mooring masts until 1928 with the Graf Zeppelin. Even if that was not true I could not find any evidence showing an early German Zeppelin using one. One article even states that the reason the Germans hung onto tethered landings for so long was they considered themselves superior airship handlers with no need for such devices, and resisted change.  

[RGL]

So glued together and a fair bit of filling will be needed as some idiot didn’t wait for some glue to set on the wooden block I put inside the hull for the brass rod. This will be placed in the back of the baseboard for Seydlitz 

[RGL]

So, lots of sanding with more to go. Primer coat on, and trying to find a reference for the tail assembly rigging. 

[Old Collingwood]

sent you a message about masks  for airbrush spraying.

 

OC.

[RGL]

Penciled in the panels, lots of paint required here

[RGL]

So started to paint the blimp, so many panels, and so much more sanding needed, big seams and a lot sine shown up 

[lmagna]

Just being "Buggie" Greg.

 

Kind of like "Ship" and "Boat" are not always interchangeable, "Blimp," Zeppelin, and "Airship" do not mean the same thing. If you let the lighter than air out of a blimp you have a puddle of fabric with a gondola and engines sitting there. Not so with a Zeppelin or rigid airship. They pretty much hold their shape even when empty, (Mostly) Now if you want to use the word "Dirigible" then you can swing any way you want. A dirigible is anything not a balloon. Rigid, semi rigid, or non rigid. Only needs power and steering. 

Just feel lucky you are not having to run the internal rigging between all of those frames you are marking out. It makes any square rigger look simple. They look like a spider went crazy making Dream catchers inside.

Edited December 21, 2021 by lmagna

[RGL]

So this is the rigging for the tail fin! 

[yvesvidal]

Argh...what a web.... !!!

 

Yves

[Canute]

Yikes! And it'll be well-done here. 👍

[RGL]

A couple of really cool photos 

[RGL]

Base coat down

[RGL]

So this is the look I’m going for, apparently the tops of them were not painted (or less paint) to allow Leaked helium to escape 

[Veszett Roka]

15 hours ago, RGL said:

 

 

 

Quite a windy journey for that tailgunner... But at least nobody will notice the 'noise' after a bean lunch.

[Ian_Grant]

A few years ago we were on holiday, driving along the shore of the Bodensee in Germany, when we saw a sign advertising the "Zeppelin Museum" ahead in Friedrichshafen.  I said "We need to stop and see that!".  It was very interesting and all of us including the kids enjoyed it.

 

Highly recommend.

[RGL]

6 hours ago, Veszett Roka said:

 

Quite a windy journey for that tailgunner... But at least nobody will notice the 'noise' after a bean lunch.

I’ve been on rugby trips a bit like that 

[RGL]

You know when you’re just making it up?

[RGL]

Masking tape off, now to paint it properly I suppose. 

[lmagna]

20 hours ago, RGL said:

So this is the look I’m going for, apparently the tops of them were not painted (or less paint) to allow Leaked helium to escape 

I had forgotten about the rudder rigging on the older Zeppelins.

 

In the case of painting, I think there was also an early attempt at camouflaging these giant targets. Dark when viewed from above and light from below. Another reason for being dark on top was to get as much heat absorption as possible from the sun to cause the gas to expand and gain more lift. Especially useful at the beginning of a mission with a heavy load.

 

I find your first picture of the earlier hull shading quite interesting. 

Edited December 23, 2021 by lmagna