Introduction

Ok, so this is probably crazy, but I'm a 17 year old guy, absolutely adore airships (like most a lot of people) and not this goodyear mushy blimp stuff either, the good ol' rigid ones, to such an extent I desperately want my own, since it'll at least be awhile until I can afford to build a real one, I'm going to build it in miniature.

I've had a copy of the original Hindenburg blueprints on my wall for as long as I can remember, and have had this fascination since I was maybe 8, I first got a book explaining the basics and had my mom read it over and over.

As of now I haven't decided much about it's designs, but I'm thinking balsa frame, mylar film balloons, electric control system (possibly a camera, so you could fly out of sight!), and I'm going to fill it with home-made hydrogen for lift, as opposed to using up precious non-renewable helium (I've always wanted to make hydrogen anyway..).

I'll post here whenever I have good info/designs/anything interesting, hopefully I can make this dream a reality in not terribly long (I'm thinking maybe 6 months, possibly longer/shorter). I'm not going to bother looking too professional with my pictures, as this really is just screwing around, but I hope I can help anyone else who wants to make one, and I'll post any valuable data I might come up with.

While I work out the details, you can enjoy some zeppelin videos (and 1930's culture) from Youtube!