Pan Am Airship in 1/888-ish scale

[kitnut617]

Oooooooh!

Now go do that with this one 

http://goo.gl/z5dky

I think it needs to be done in 1/72 scale --- he he!

Combat Models does a USS Patrick Henry ----- 

http://www.combatmodels.us/

[Taiidantomcat]

Marvelous 

[Brian da Basher]

I'm really glad you like the Pan Am airship. I had a lot of fun with it.

I was seriously wanting one of those Graf Zeppelins until I found out the finished kit is three feet long! A bit too large for my tiny cottage. However, I am working my way up in scale. I've got a 1/720 Hindenburg kit in the finishing stages and there's a 1/500 R-100, 1/520 Akron, and 1/144 Kilo sub in the stash awaiting "the treatment".

I gave a lot of thought on the engines (the pylons are bomb fins) and I decided to go with asthetic over practical. I just hated to spoil that nice horizontal. If it helps, the engines are made out of Martensitic Super Nichromium steel which is so heat-resistant, it allows for "hot" afterburning (feeding the hot exhaust from the front engine to) for high speed flight.

One thing I read about piston engine placement on airships said the engines had to be off-center as the propwash from the front engine would negatively affect the one behind it. I thought that made sense until I thought of the Akron & Macon which had 4 engines lined up on each side and I don't recall them having this problem.

Off to more whiffing!

Brian da Basher

[ysi_maniac]

... the engines are made out of Martensitic Super Nichromium steel which is so heat-resistant, it allows for "hot" afterburning (feeding the hot exhaust from the front engine to) for high speed flight ...

That way is fine, sure!