Madness lurks on the Historical Thread. . .
A simple photo of camouflaged blimps lurked there, a few sheets of lozenge stickers slipped near, a cup of coffee, a bad day at the office, no one around to bug you, then the madness begins.
The job looks daunting until you remember your Geometry Classes, the blimp is a simple solid that can be dissected into gores, so a bit of card stock, a pencil, a pair of scissiors, but wait! There on the blimp itself are the very gore outlines you need! Step closer the web . . .
A quick test of the material and the gore outline . . . next to peel the rudders off, just a slight bit of wiggling made them loose and then a slight pop! And they are off! So it went with the lines and basket unit
The rigging looks like a YES stage sculpture
Fins removed and the first few bottom lozenge gores placed and rubbed down firmly, oh by the way use a colored permanent marker to color the edges of the lozenge stickers, a color that matches the lozenge.
A few more light gores and the bottom is nearly finished. Fins need a few smaller triangles to cover them. The entire bottom fin is light lozenge, whilst the upper fins are light on bottoms and dark on top
Upper gores are cut from the darker lozenge starting from the last light one to the top one side at a time, placing the center one last.
Test mount the rudders and enjoy the look!
Hard to see the fine pattern well in the photos
Give all the laps a good burnishing with the smooth x-acto handle
Lay the rigging unit over the new blimp surface and cut through the lozenge for the rigging tabs, snap the rigging in place, and cement in place when its all looking right
Add the needed German Crosses on each side, I also make these from the same inkjet label paper
Here it is next to the standard unit, you can see the madness with your own eyes . . .
Looking for that something new for the battlefield?
Got a few boring blimps boxed in the basement?
There are a few even nicer looking lozenges out there, where did I put my yellow blimp?
Five hours, lotsa coffee later, is it madness, or is it just a personality quirk? Now back to the BOMBERS!
Clipper drifting off . . . .
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