Tuesday 23 April 2019

Gasbag (zepelin 2)

Yes I know my work bench needs a tidy.
It takes a while and it goes a long time through what I call "The NASTY stage". By that I mean a time of construction where you think it will not get better and it is worth scrapping it! BUT rest assured I shall continue.

At present I am only working on the gas bag. Yes it is not historically accurate. It is a model for wargames and not for a museum. So Who cares?

the basic shape
At this stage I have given it 3 layers of paint/glue and tissue to build up the skin. It is too big to paint in one go for It has to be done in layers.  At present I am repainting with a mixture of paint an glue not settled on a colour just yet but I am hoping/planning a dirty beige!

All I care about at this stage is the look and while I realise a 3 year old would destroy it in second I am hopeful (but only just) that it will be strong enough for wargamers.  I plan for it to have 2 or preferably 3 more coats of paint and glue. By which time it may be strong enough. Which of course mean not even close to strong enough.

Rear end (so far)
The read is always awkward. And being as it has 5 lumps maybe doubly so. Fins, rudder and ailerons need to be added at the next stage and will be discussed then. So at this stage not really to much more to say mostly it is do 15 mins work and return the following day. With luck I should have more to talk about next Zeppelin update.

Until then paint  and blog if you can and I shall get more out next time..

All the best Clint




13 comments:

  1. Nice progress Clint, keep at it mate you'll get there

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    1. Thanks Dave. Not too much to show. Pretty basic But nessercary steps at the moment

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  2. It already looks a lot better. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Thanks Bryan. I think there are several more days of this type of thing ...Gulp

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  3. Well that's coming along splendidly Clint, love it.

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    1. Thank you Michael. It has it's 1st coat of Dirty Beige on now (drying overnight) and this has made it look better . Less patchy and more cohesive. Another coat tomorrow and then a lighter shade to empahise the texture. But slowly getting there.

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  4. Looking good Clint......Looking good.

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    1. Thank you Ray. It looks better this Wednesday morning. I shall do a photo later .

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  5. Progressing well.......very well!

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  6. Making good progress CLint, but why didnt you use the other end of the bottle for the stern of the dirigible too ?

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    1. Thank you Joe. Maybe I will next time. Maybe I forgot. Maybe when I add fins it will become clear.

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