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MSFS20 Flight Model Bending - The Graf Zeppelin (II)

It's going to be beautiful when it's finished! Nice! And I'm working on the dirigible hangar at KAKR (Akron Fulton Airport, Akron, Ohio, USA).....so I'll have a place you can park it!
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@marinerhawk ...you have to make that model available as a model so that we can add it to our homemade airports Every town should have one.... Greets and Best Wishes.. particular to protect the beautiful airship that @IC3MAN is designing...

BobM.
 
unc1rlm said:
@marinerhawk ...you have to make that model available as a model so that we can add it to our homemade airports Every town should have one.... Greets and Best Wishes.. particular to protect the beautiful airship that @IC3MAN is designing...

BobM.
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I can definitely do that when I finish! I'll make it its own library object!
 
I have a few ideas of how to make ground equipment work, though that's for the future if I can get the Zep finished, in the meantime that looks awesome. Still can't believe three of those hangars still exist.

I will be making a model of the standard zeppelin hangar with this project, (the same as that in rio), that was at Rhein-Main, Lowenthal and Friederichshafen
 
like this?....kinda dated. .lol...i understand for historical accuracy.... marinerhawk gots some pizzazzzzz.... my 1 cent worth....
can it be scaled down if you wanted a slightly smaller one. This thing would take up my whole airport but I guess I can bulldoze some neighborhoods. Looks like Akrons got one..nice building..your's (marinerhawk) will blend right in...
 

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like this?....kinda dated. .lol...i understand for historical accuracy.... marinerhawk gots some pizzazzzzz.... my 1 cent worth....
can it be scaled down if you wanted a slightly smaller one. This thing would take up my whole airport but I guess I can bulldoze some neighborhoods. Looks like Akrons got one..nice building..your's (marinerhawk) will blend right in...
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Ok so the left picture is a standard late zeppelin shed assembled in Germany and shipped to Rio. This is the last remaining of five built. There were two built at Rhein-Main (present-day Frankfurt airport location), one at Lowenthal (present day Friedrichshafen airport) and one in Friedrichshafen town (site of the original Zeppelin works).

The latter is a Goodyear Zeppelin designed hangar with characteristic orange peel doors, there is three of this design (with some variations) in existence, that one at Akron, OH, Hangar One at Moffett Field, CA, and the other at Weeksville, NC.
 
ok..thanks so the building above at Akron is a hanger..Here's weeksville.. one is still around..made of steel and the other in this photo i guess is the wooden one that burned down.
 

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I have sent out notices that people have to move...for future site for zeppelin shed...lol

BobM.
 
Well it seems I am barking up the right tree, good to not have wasted my time, hope Microsoft/Asobo have some documentation as to how they made this work properly

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Guessing this is how they are going to do helicopters/exotics, lets hope they can expand the simvar suite (/make aero calculation easier then it currently is) and then this may have some legs
 
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Hey, Happy New Year!!!

I just found this project and it looks amazing, I can't wait to see more ;)
 
It's been a while, but I haven't forgotton this project, took a break for a couple of months but I'm back making progress with the models, taking my time as I want to capture as much detail as possible and not shortcut.

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Welcome back, happy to see this project alive!!! Can't wait to see more, the model looks Fantastic! :)
 
Adding new pieces all the time to a fully revised hull with new fins and refinements in object placement, taking time especially with the small details. Very happy with the new engine/engine pods, pleased I went back again to do them justice - no where near done yet but getting closer. Flight model still in stasis that said, some thinking to do there.

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Throwing on some basic materials and testing in game is so satisfying!

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And the sister ship 👀

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