Zeppelin Over Yarwell, continued.

The Zep, as we now call it, has got all its material on, has its tail wings on, and has had its undercoat painting done. Its a bit blue looking, but it is grey and the top coat will be a darker grey. It looks like a great big slug, perhaps we have made a new species. The only area not painted is the underside,which cannot be done until we lift it up a bit. Lifting it is going to be very difficult.

A Zeppelin Over Yarwell Continued

We have been working on the Zeppelin for many weeks now. It can get very cold since there is no heating in the Tithe Barn Museum, so we pile pullovers on and hope for the best.
This photo is of the Zeppelin when it has had the binding on to which the material will be attached.

Zeppelin with its binding.

The large white disks are made from polystyrene and are joined together with doweling rods. We have chosen polystyrene  because it is light and we want to hang the Zep from a tie beam in the roof of the museum.
Well that is the plan at the moment!














The next job will be to put the material on. We will be  using calico which can be obtained in Peterborough market at a reasonable price. As the Zeppelin is 14 feet long, it takes a lot of everything.

The Zeppelin with its  calico covering.

Here Mike is holding it while I take the photograph. It has been quite difficult to get the material taut, and where it is not we will be using shrinking dope.

At least it did not fall apart when we lifted it up!

Today my grandsons and I lifted the Zep, as we now call it, onto a long table. All the calico is now glued on and the next job will be to attached the wings at the back and finish of the nose. it will then be painted grey. Currently it looks like a giant slug!