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Ever since the 5956 Air Zeppelin came out, I thought it would be fun to build a
civilian blimp. I tried to think about some color scheme that would lend itself
to LEGO colors, and a colorful graphic to put on the blimp itself. Then it
occurred to me… the LUGNET logo! Here are some photos:
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103731>
I know what you’re all thinking, and yes, I did paint the blimp white to look
better with the overall scheme. This was the first time I modified a part. The
blimp is barely a LEGO part, but hopefully Kjeld will forgive me anyhow.
Actually, I modified another part too, but it isn’t visible in the photos, so I
won’t bother sharing the details.
The gondola is a little boxy looking. With my desire to use the train door,
train windows and the technic arm interfaces to the blimp, the size and shape
was pretty well dictated. It would be simple enough to modify the design to 4
studs wide, but with 6 studs, I was able to have 2 aisles of passenger seating.
I had fun with all the minifigs, and different activities going on at the same
time. I’ll continue to modify the diorama by adding more personality to the
minifigs as I get different heads and torsos.
Thank you to Todd and Suz for creating LUGNET, and to all the others that make
LUGNET such a great resource to AFOLs!
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| Oh the humanity!! (Sorry, someone had to do it - looking up for lightning to strike my head) :) I drive past the Goodyear blimp field in Long Beach frequently and see this scene quite often (well, obviously not with that many people, but you get (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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