17th Century Vacuum Airship (livestreaming the design process!)

[rocketmantan]

Sorry for the recent lack of model build threads, been pretty busy lately.
However, I've finally managed to find a good topic to build; Francesco Lana de Terzi's Vacuum airship!
(Vacuum airship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


Stream here: RocketmanTan - live streaming video powered by Livestream

Here's a general orthographic I've drawn up:

and some of the parts:

And, for the first time, I'll be livestreaming myself designing the model! The stream will start at around eight, but I'll probably get things rolling by the time I've posted the message.

[Paperwarrior]

A most interesting concept. I look forward to seeing this progress.

[rocketmantan]

Parts are pretty much done; have some instructions!


I'll probably post pics of the testbuild tonight.

[rocketmantan]

completed parts sheets:

[Paperwarrior]

This is really coming along well. Jeff

[rocketmantan]

Originally Posted by Paperwarrior

This is really coming along well. Jeff

Thanks!

printed parts sheets:

[rocketmantan]

hull's done:

[Don Boose]

I like this! It's fun to see the design and the model take shape.

Don

[rocketmantan]

Model's finally up: Steampunk Flying Ship papercraft by ~RocketmanTan on deviantART

[Paperwarrior]

Well, laid out. Thank you.

Jeff