Rabbit Leader Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Look - there's more!! http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?rel=nav&GenreCode=Air&MacroType=MilPro&Scale=720 Thanks for posting the initial link. I think Zeppelins look great and a line-up of these would look superb. Just need to look for some suitable reference books to get the juices flowing. Anyone got any tips for some good reads? Cheers.. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Just need to look for some suitable reference books to get the juices flowing. Anyone got any tips for some good reads? This appears to be recommended and a detailed account - also includes the later Gotha raids https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51sYzP5P%2BTL._SX391_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 One of the regular attendees at build night was building the Revell Zeppelin model. Of course, none of the rest of us made ribald comments about the shape and size of it. We wouldn't do that, no sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I came across it one day when walking to a meeting. London's full of this stuff. I was on a 23 bus going to another meeting yesterday and went past St Clement Danes in the Strand/Fleet St - the pock marks to the walls from bomb blasts remain untouched from 1940/1 - fascinating. Also next to Cleopatra's Needle on the Embankment you can see pock marks in the granite where Zeppelin bombs landed and another plaque to commemorate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 The Zeppelin in Combat by Douglas H Robinson 1912 to 1918 Schiffer not cheap but very very good details ships raids fates and crews . Full of photos or you can get Osprey books . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Also next to Cleopatra's Needle on the Embankment you can see pock marks in the granite where Zeppelin bombs landed and another plaque to commemorate it. Yes. Forgot about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 The German navys carriers were to be named Graf Zeppelin after the airships inventor and Peter Strasser the officer commanding the navies airship fleet till he was killed on a raid over England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batt Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 1/32 scale Wingnut Wings zeppelin now wouldn't that be something Just the Command Car alone would be impressive, perhaps with a "little" 1/350 scale full model to put the thing in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 now that's a cracking idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I always thought that a large scale Zeppelin would be best made from the traditional balsa formers and longerons with doped tissue. This would add the fragility and lightness of the real thing. The command car would be more suitable for plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I have a stick and tissue Hindenberg model. (partly built, the guy I was building it for decided he didn't want to pay for it...) Couldn't tell you what scale it was but it's over a meter long. Had to scratch built the control and motor pods, the vac formed parts were junk. Aha! A picture of the kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I take it i'm the only Airship enthusiast on here Absolutely not! I have built a couple and have one more under construction. By the way, over at HyperScale they are having a Group Build for scales smaller than 1/144 that is actively soliciting airship models! Greg in OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Some book suggestions: (no particular order, just how I stacked them on my desk to write this) Zeppelins of World War I by Wilbur Cross London 1914-17 The Zeppelin Menace by Ian Castle Battle of Britain 1917 by Sutherland and Canwell (Really more about the Gotha bombers but the first chapter is on the failure of the Zeppelin raids) Zeppelins: German Airships 1900-1940 by Charles Stephenson German Airships by Heinz Nowarra Switching sides here... Battlebags: British Airships of the First World War by Ces Mowthorpe Switching WARS here... Blimp vs U-Boats by Gordon Vaeth Forgotten Weapon-US Navy Airships and the U-Boat War by William Althoff I am sure there are more (honestly I think I have more myself but they seem to be hiding somewhere out of place on my shelves.) Greg in OK Edited August 4, 2016 by Greg in OK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 How did this topic get off Pamela Anders n? 4Bikes, btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Hi Greg interesting list ill look out for them What do you recommend for American airship esp the Shenandoah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roys Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 When residing at my sisters flat in Kaiser Strasse ,Munchen in the 90's. I built one of these,https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aue-Verlag-Graf-Zeppelin-Aircraft-Model/dp/3870295570/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1470336978&sr=8-8&keywords=zeppelin+model which I had purchased from the shop in the Technical Museum. Nice hanging from your bedroom ceiling ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 The model that started the thread are now available in the uk with two others, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mark-I-Models-1-720-Model-Kit-720-03-Zeppelin-P-class-LZ45-LZ58-Naval-Raiders-/232054780176?hash=item36078af110:g:qOsAAOSw6n5XuITh http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mark-I-Models-1-720-Model-Kit-720-02-Zeppelin-P-class-LZ47-Spotted-Cow-/331946029373?hash=item4d4986713d:g:OBMAAOSwdzVXuISH http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mark-I-Models-1-720-Model-Kit-720-01-Zeppelin-P-class-LZ38-LZ40-First-Attackers-/391538399824?hash=item5b2981da50:g:cQAAAOSw6n5XuINf All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Roll on payday :yahoo: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmig Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 If you'd like to see someone actually building a 1/72 scale zeppelin go this IPMS Canada page: http://www.ipmscanada.com/ipms/ipmsRT.html Click on the beaveRTales link (that's IPMS Canada's emailed PDF newsletter that supplements their magazine, RT). Bring up the August 2013 issue and scroll down to page 13... actually, read the entire thing - it's great! I don't know if the zeppelin model was ever finished, but it sure was an ambitious attempt! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Hmmm Plastic Zeppelins. My ex could have done with a couple of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Hmmm Plastic Zeppelins. My ex could have done with a couple of them. personally I prefer small weather balloons, they tend to stay up longer & don't become Led Zeps 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Where,s Kaiser Souza when you need him ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Where,s Kaiser Souza when you need him ??????? Is he the German leader who composed music to march to or do you mean Keyser Soze? Edited August 22, 2016 by Kallisti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal @ MKM Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hello,here you can evaluate the shots (please, take in mind it is a 1/720th scale model ):... and the reverse side:The Naval LZ58 just finished - overall views:.... a look at the bottom, with two gondolas, engine support structure and bomb bays (represented by decals):... a closer look at the front:... and at the tail, showing the stabilising and control surfaces:We tried to make the kit as simple as possible, but well represented in detail at the same time. The stand is also included in the kit, as is the decal for appropriate airship's name.So enjoy building your kit....More info about the forthcoming kits and camouflage options will be found on our web site at:http://www.4pluspublication.comKRMichal Ovcacik, MARK I 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Polc Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Inbox review can be found here - http://www.modelarovo.cz/zeppelin-lz45lz58-nahled-do-krabicky/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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