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All that history gone, what a huge loss. A very sad thing to see.

Here is the finished Dirigible. It is hard to take good pictures because the model big. Hopefully you get an idea of what it looks like. 11 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 12 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 13 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 14 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 15 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 16 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr 17 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr It was a fun project, I really like this type of group build. Els

Thanks everybody. It is done I will post some pictures in the completed section. I like how it turned out but I have dipped my toe into the 1:700 pond and that is deep enough for me. Putting those little crewmembers on the deck was rough. It turned out differently than the original magazine cover idea but I am OK with that. Thanks for following along. Els

Admiralcag, I like building these old MPC kits because there aren't many parts and the detail is good as it is or it is a good start for those who like to add a lot more detail, but you are right the fit isn't always the greatest. The cockpit is together but I am not going to paint it because I will black out the canopy. I put the pilots in just because it will be an in flight display and I do not like it when something is flying with no pilots. lcs02 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr The vertical fin is huge and there is a big gap running around the entire thing. I have added some bits

Thanks, they seem to trickle into my LHS so I pick them up whenever I see them. I would think that they would be everywhere in Tokyo, they must be popular over there. Els

Let me start this by saying, this kit is huge. This is a kit that Ban Dai needs to make in 1:72. When I first opened the kit I planned on building it as the Tydirium but now I think I will have to look into other schemes. That is just to much gray. lcs01 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr

Since the Andromeda build was so quick I am going to work on a Star Wars shuttle Tydirium.

When I was in middle school in the early 80's there was a kid that I used to walk to school with every day. He would usually show up at my house a little early and we would watch a morning cartoon before heading off to school. One day I turned on to the normal channel and Star Blazers was on. After watching the episode all wide eyed and slack jawed we both looked at each other and said WTF was that. I remember my friend saying "I think it's one of those Any Mae shows from China or Japan!" That was THE topic of conversation at school for the next couple of days, this was definitely somethi

Earlier in the build I was thinking about the netting around the edges but since this is not a ship there is not a square surface to be found. If I could have found a material, trying to get it level and the same distance from the sides would have been a pain. I guess it is just big boy rules on the dirigible... If you fall off once you will not do it again... The deck has been painted/decaled up. It is not very accurate but it will be good enough for me. I am hoping that by the time all the deck is dirtied up and stuff is added it will not be that noticeable. 08 by Hal Elsberry,

I am sure that Kirk would have had a good time getting into trouble with that. Those markings actually look pretty darn good on the X-wing.

Keeping all those white stripes evenly spaced must have been fun.

I just went to the site and tried downloading a few and it worked fine for me. If you can't get the one you want just let me know the title of it on the site and I will download a copy and email it to you. Els

That really turned out nice. It takes a lot of extra work to light the kits but it really makes a difference on star ships.

That looks cool. Some figures will give it a good sense of scale.

Since my other project for this GB is more than half way done I will do a quick build of this kit from Ban Dai. 01 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr These are small, box scale snap fit kits. They are pretty detailed and look the part when finished. I have already built two others so this will fit nicely into my growing fleet. Els

Hajo, that's a good tip and I will give it a try. Southwestforests, I really like the cover but I think that I am straying away from it more than I would like to make it somewhat reasonable in the "real world". The base colors are on and all glossed up for some decals. As you can see I changed the scheme around a bit to make up for the dark deck. 06 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr I got so carried away with painting that I forgot about the engines. Hopefully I don't have to touch up to much paint when I start installing those. I ditched the original idea that I had for casting th

I went to my local Hobby yesterday and bought a Star Blazers 2202 Andromeda kit so I will throw that into the mix. Els

Spejic, good tip using the pen for the windows. I have only attached the rotor blades to this helo and one V-22 with Elmers glue so that I can get an idea of the size for painting the markings on the deck. A lot of epoxy was dumped into this thing to strengthen the deck from the inside and I have started working out the rear section. 04 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr This old pen cap has been in my spare parts bin for a long time and I like the look of the raised details so I am going to use it for the upper deck. I am not trying to make an exact copy of the photo, just using it f

I like the colors/pattern that you chose for the camo, looks right on that helo.

Here is his webstore. Flory Models Store

Go check out Wallyworld, they have spatulas with clear acrylic handles for a little over a buck. I use them for aircraft in flight stands sometimes.

Nice job on the build. Those Tie Interceptors look good in red.

Its looking good with the lights and you are making great progress. I have had this kit in my stash for a long time but it is so big that every time I pull it off the shelf to build it I see the size and put it back on the shelf.

The top was chopped and most of the deck has been roughly glued on. I need to go to the store later today and buy some more epoxy. I want to run some of it down the inside join of the deck before I cut it to the proper shape. This should give it a good amount of strength. 03 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr On the magazine cover the hanger is back by the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, this kit is not deep enough for that so I had to move it forward. There is a 1:700 -53 on the deck to give a sense of scale. How in the heck do you paint 700 scale aircraft??? Els

Hello all, I bought this 1:520 scale Hindenburg kit at a show a while ago because it was to cheap to pass up. 01 by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr Not really wanting to build the Hindenburg I kept it on the back burner for a whif. The old Modern Mechanix covers had some great looking machines on them and this one caught my eye. 02 Inspiration by Hal Elsberry, on Flickr Link to site the picture came from I know that there are many reasons that this would not work in real life but I don't care, I like it. The scale of the project is going to be chang