I began this back in July and then it stalled out. Thanks to all of your help
here, I was finally able to finish this project.
It all started with some submarine hulls Mr Jeff Fontaine generously sent me a while back. There were a couple of things I needed to fix. One was this bit of piping that ran all the way along one side of the hull. I decided to add another similar length on the other side which would end out being windows for the passengers.
There were also a few gaps I covered with bits of sheet to make cargo doors. A lone shell collector from a 1/72 P-36 was used as the gondola.
A little bit of Putty-Sand-Repeat was used to cover up more of the engraved sub features.
The fins and rudders were cut from card stock. I wanted to do something a little different, so I cut them in what I hope look like 1930s advanced, streamlined shapes.
The tip of a 1/144 drop tank replaced the sub prop on the tail.
So here things sat until I got your input.
Your response to my plea for help got me inspired and a few days later, Comrade Airship was completed.
I had some markings left over from a 1/72 I-1 monoplane which seemed perfect. I also scrounged up some Cyrillic text (which probably translates as "No Step") that were a nice compliment.
Of course, it had to have a big red star on the nose.
The windows were made with thin black stripe decals that I went back over and lined with gray paint.
The prop discs were cut from clear plastic and the other red stars, codes and the stripes were from spare decals.
Thanks again to Jeff for sending me the sub hulls and to the rest of you for your great ideas!
I couldn't have done it without you!
Brian da Basher
