Martian Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 This afternoon I completed my build of the first of my Mark2 Models R Class builds. Finished as Heinrich Mathy's L31and displayed alongside a fragment of the ship's wreckage. One end of the fragment shows signs of bubbling where the metal had begun to melt. Thanks for looking. Martian 👽 PS: I am posting each of the Zeppelin builds separately in order toavoid confusion between them. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Stunning work. Why did they choose 1:720 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF67 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 ‘cos it would be 10 times bigger in the proper scale? Good looking build! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, BerndM said: Stunning work. Why did they choose 1:720 ? No Idea is the short answer to that. I would have thought 1/700 would have been a better bet so as to fit in with the Great War warships available. Even when the range was launched, Trumpeter had their HMS Dreadnought out. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 'Martianesque' is now a thing when it comes to Zeppelins of this quality. Bravo me old Galactic Treasure. 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: 'Martianesque' is now a thing when it comes to Zeppelins of this quality. Bravo me old Galactic Treasure. 👏 Thank you, me old pantomime dame. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Great work Martian,it wasn't until you started these that i realized there were so many variants i always thought a Zeppelin was a Zeppelin.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Stunning work sir. Love a good zepp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 A fantastic build beautifully displayed. Thanks for sharing. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Beautiful finish Martin, congratulations. It's been a joy watching the build. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 8:26 PM, Martian said: No Idea is the short answer to that. I would have thought 1/700 would have been a better bet so as to fit in with the Great War warships available. Even when the range was launched, Trumpeter had their HMS Dreadnought out. Martian 👽 Takom has released the Flyhawk SMS Derfflinger kit together Q Class Zeppelin in 1:72. Pretty expensive and i build ships only with a full hull. 😑 https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/takom-sp-7043-sms-derfflinger-1916-sms-luetzow-1916-zeppelin-q-class--1371820 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 7 hours ago, BerndM said: Takom has released the Flyhawk SMS Derfflinger kit together Q Class Zeppelin in 1:72. Pretty expensive and i build ships only with a full hull. 😑 https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/takom-sp-7043-sms-derfflinger-1916-sms-luetzow-1916-zeppelin-q-class--1371820 And I don't want the ships. However I was watching and in box reviewand I spotted extra parts on the Zeooelin sprues. Are we going to get the Zeppelin released as a separate kit perchance? Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I didn't realize Zeppelins were colored like that. Learned something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 14 hours ago, SAT69 said: I didn't realize Zeppelins were colored like that. Learned something. The early war ones were mostly left in the original linen used to cover them and what you see is the different colours of the linen. It is very unusual to see a picture of the covering looking one tone. The darker areas on the top of the hulls are where the linen was left undoped in order to allow any hydrogen that had leaked into the space between the gas cells and the hull to escape. Martian 👽 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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