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And then there was the queen of the skies, the Hindenburg.

Progress on a new project, The Hindenburg.






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Big J

Oh the humanity

Airships were always really cool to me. Though it makes sense, kinda sad they fell out of style.

Can’t wait to see the final product!

More progress on the Hindenburg.

I finished the control car, now to move on to the rest of the ship.







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Big J

Oh, the humanity!......

Airships are still in the skies.
You can see them flying from Friedsrichafen on Lake Constance (in German der Bodensee) in Baden Württemberg, Southern Germany (the home of the designer of the WW1 Zeppelins) over the German side of the lake and surrounding countryside. The airships flying are not historical relics but new builds. Airships could be a partial answer to the problem of "electric planes" and now that Helium is generally available and is used instead of Hydrogen (the ignition of which caused the Hindenburg disaster) they would be safer. The drawback would be that a flight across the Atalntic would probably take about 30 hours! Who's rushing?

mindenjohn wrote:Airships are still in the skies... The drawback would be that a flight across the Atalntic would probably take about 30 hours! Who's rushing?

Modern airships luxury can't compare to the Hindenburg. Hindenburg was like a flying ocean liner with first class accommodations and all the other fine luxuries. Not like a modern airship with some economy class seating and that's about it.

Looks good Peters

Some more progress on the Hindenburg, it's starting to look like a classic airship.

A lot of work left to do, especially on the fins and the rest of the body.







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Big J

I have the book "Dr. Eckner"s Dream Machines",that chronicles the birth and death of the "Airship". I found it very interesting. Always good to see new content in the sim.

A start on the main body, starting on the passenger area of the airship.



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Big J

Final Progress for tonight, will do the other side tomorrow.






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More progress on the zeppelin.







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Big J

And one last picture that wouldn't fit on the last post, showing where the folding stairs were to embark on the Hindenburg.



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Big J