An Armament in Miniature’s’ "Drachen" Type Observation Balloon
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This is an Armament in Miniature’s’ "Drachen" Type Observation Balloon – unfortunately or fortunately, I snagged the last one…
http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/armamen.../resin12mm.htm
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Stock image
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Instruction sheet & directions pretty straight forward…already assembled the balloon halves and the vertical stabilizer’s halves
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I chose a German RLM 65 Light Blue/RLM 66 Schwarz Grau paint scheme similar to a yellow version I saw on the web somewhere…
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I drilled out the holes in the basket to allow the cables to reach down to the top-lip of the basket. I did originally have plans to
add additional cables, but it wouldn’t fit in my stowage boxes. Plus I didn’t want the hassle of tearing down after each game.
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So, I went with the four cables & observation basket
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The rod is some left over ¼” round acrylic rod from building flight stands of some of my larger scale aircraft
models; i.e. 1/48 scale P-51 Mustang, F-86 Saber, or MiG-15, etc.
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The acrylic base is ¼” thick plexiglass I picked up from our local hardware store. Although I purchased a 11” x 17” size,
I was able to get them to cut several 3” x 6” pieces for this one and several other balloons I have plans for.
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Next up is either a Caquot Type M or Achthundert English AE 800 style balloons that I’ve seen built here on the website
