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His Majesty's Airship HMA-1 Mayfly (1911).

So, periodically I get in a Zeppelin mood, someday I'd like to do an R/C one...a BIG one. So while surfing I ran into HMA-1 and started drawing.

Finished the thing and thought it might be a good idea to see if anyone's done it already here at SB.
Then DAMN!
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... =12&t=4130
Bombhead's got a nice series of British ships already.

So, treat mine as another interpretation based on what I saw while going cross-eyed staring at grainy photos...and adjusting for SB standards.

CraigH

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Great drawing Craig, I would actually say better than mine. I think you may need to check the size though I had Mayfly down as 512 feet long with a diameter of 46 feet.

http://www.airshipsonline.com/airships/hma1/index.html

Amazing work Craig, beautiful drawing.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

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Great work!

Good work, but I'm wondering if it's purposal that the mid upper section is one toned grey?

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Kim: The gray tones are deliberate to reflect tones that appear in multiple period photos, the highlight area shifted upward one level to bring it closer to SB lighting practice. I suspect the gray values in the images would be caused by 1) different paint batches -or- 2) fewer coats of paint, creating a different reflective value.

Bombhead: Thanks for the scaling catch. Hope to correct that tonight.

Will also post a couple links to period images...on the road right now.

CraigH

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More Ships with Sails
Early Torpedo Boats in SB and FD Scales
Some railroad stuff
More random stuff that strikes me!

It seems we have some excellent airship artists on these boards. Great work.

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OK, Take 2. Resized.


HMA-1 (1911)
His Majesty's Airship 1 "Mayfly"

Hope this is better.

CraigH

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In active progress
More Ships with Sails
Early Torpedo Boats in SB and FD Scales
Some railroad stuff
More random stuff that strikes me!