Searching for 1930's Airships????

**THE DC** · #1 02-05-2009, 12:12 PM

Well, I got a message asking me to post a new threead so I thpought I'd ask if anyone knew where one could buy a kit to the Akron, Macon, or Shenandoah; the 1930's arcraft carriers of the sky!

Any thought?

THE DC

**member_3** · #2 02-05-2009, 12:44 PM

Don't know any kits but seller "davesdrydock" on eBay has plans for those. Whoops - found a kit of the Macon in the Paper Models International catalog http://www.papermodels.net/p38.html but he may not be in business now.

**shrike** · #3 02-05-2009, 07:01 PM

Ralph Currell has free models of the R100, R101 and a few more to boot including the Canadian Mooring mast and the shed at Cardington

**member_3** · #4 09-14-2009, 01:21 PM

There is a 24" kit of the USS Los Angeles on eBay with laser cut plywood formers, plastic engines and cupola, etc. I know it's not paper but might be of interest to an airship fan. Look for seller "idesigntec_dot_com" - spelled as shown with the underscores...

**Miles Linnabery** · #5 09-14-2009, 02:29 PM

Dear DC:
Checkout Fiddlers Green for some airships.
Miles Linnabery, Youngstown NY

**Gixergs** · #6 09-14-2009, 02:57 PM

Marcle Models Card Model KIt Catalogue - Ships, Aircraft, Military Vehicles, Transport, Architecture, Birds, Automata, Figures and Modelling Tools and Accessories. they have several airship kits for sale including the Los Angeles and Macon he is very helpful so if you email him he might know of other kits

**rmks2000** · #7 09-14-2009, 04:09 PM

moduni.de has the Schreiber (Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg) and Papmobil (Los Angelos) kits, but their shipping is very expensive. You might try contacting HobbyFactory so see if they can special order - this will save quite a bit in shipping. Paper Models International (PMI) has a new owner so it may be a while before you can order from them.

**B-Manic** · #8 09-14-2009, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrike

Ralph Currell has free models of the R100, R101 and a few more to boot including the Canadian Mooring mast and the shed at Cardington

and they are free

here's a good link http://www.currell.net/models/mod_free.htm

**Wyvern** · #9 09-15-2009, 12:59 PM

JSC has kits of the German war zepps L48 and L59. L48's design greatly influenced Shenandoah's; she was virtually a copy of a captured German airship. Los Angeles was made by Zeppelin as war reparations; outwardly, she was similar to Graf Zeppelin.

PMI sold models of Akron/Macon and Hindenburg, but i don't remember the name of the publisher. I have them both, but they're in storage. The Macon kit included a mooring mast and 2 to-scale Sparrowhawks.

Lastly, the reborn Hawk plastic model company is offering their large-scale Graf Zeppelin again.