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Offline petrov27

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2014, 10:21:57 AM »
Extraordinary build going on here - will follow with great interest!!
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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2014, 10:34:54 AM »
Truly phenomenal work, MoFo!  So glad you decided to come over here and show us what's up.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2014, 10:57:08 AM »
Oh my lord, that is one heck of a project!!!!!  Way, way beyond my skill level, but I'm following with great interest.

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2014, 12:51:15 PM »
Oh my lord, that is one heck of a project!!!!!  Way, way beyond my skill level, but I'm following with great interest.

Warren

Just what I was thinking.  Wow!

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2014, 01:53:30 PM »
Thanks for accepting the invite, MoFo, and welcome aboard!
This has to be one of the most inspiring and technologically advanced builds I've seen, great to see it here.

Ian

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2014, 02:53:19 PM »
First thanks for bringing this build here! I am afraid cad drawings, 3d printing and all of that is way past an old fart like me but Man Do I appreciate seeing the process! You are producing an absolutely unique and beautiful Zeppelin! Thanks again for bringing the build here!!
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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2014, 03:19:54 PM »
very interesting to see the process, i appreciate seeing it very much and i imagine this will come out very nice in the end.

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2014, 03:22:09 PM »
Most interesting,
Really impressive, please keep posting the progress of this zeppelin
Cheers

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2014, 04:08:17 PM »
hey! great idea! and incredible scale!
you a re doing a wonderful job, sir!
watching with interest!
ciao
edo

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2014, 06:04:43 PM »
You think our hobby couldn't get any better and then you see this - Superb!
Looking forward to seeing more.
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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2014, 06:19:49 PM »
Exceptional!

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2014, 07:32:45 PM »
Goodness me, this is exceptional. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Best wishes
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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2015, 08:52:18 AM »
Minor update.  The scratched styrene tailplanes were getting battered a bit from handling (it's hard to be really delicate with the tail when you're busily sanding four feet away...), so I decided to re-do them in brass.

Re-printed the tailplane skeleton templates, bent and trimmed some brass square rod to shape, then soldered all the bits together:



I'd post in-progress photos, but there's not really all that much to show.  Tons of tedious measuring, cutting and filing, but nothing terribly interesting.  Just imagine the before photos being of a straight rod, and the after photos showing slightly bent rods lined up with the templates, plus a whole bunch of short rods.  :)/>  The various bits and pieces were taped down to the templates to set the alignment, then a drop of flux and a couple of seconds under the soldering iron to secure everything.



Next step will be to (re?) skin these in styrene sheet, cut the plastic tails off the Zepp and attach the brass replacements.  Note the extended lengths of rod towards the bottom/rear corner of the fins - these will get anchored into the spine, which should add a nice bit of rigidity to the whole assembly.  Assuming I can drill the locating holes correctly... sort of feels like I'll be doing keyhole surgery!


Interesting statistic, though: the four tailplane skeletons took just under eight feet of 1/16" brass square rod.
« Last Edit: March 31, 2018, 05:27:09 AM by MoFo »

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2015, 10:19:14 AM »
Fantastic and stunning work.
Martin

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Re: Scratchbuilt 1/144 Q-Class Zeppelin. Plastic, Putty and (3D) Printing.
« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2015, 10:21:17 AM »
Really cool!  I'm certainly glad that you are sharing with us.

Chris