The blimp is 1/48???! Sweet!
Cool yer jets Gary...
Glencoe lists this as "1/330", so BOX scale...
Not that I don't want one mind ya.
Actual K class specifications:
Specifications (K-14)
General characteristics
Crew: 9-10
Length: 251 ft 8 in (76.73 m)
Diameter: 57 ft 10 in (17.63 m)
Volume: 425,000 ft3 (12,043 m3)
Useful lift: 7,770 lb (3,524 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-2 radials, 425 hp (317 kW) each each
Performance
Maximum speed: 78 mph (125 km/h)
Cruise speed: 58 mph (93 km/h)
Range: 2,205 miles (3,537 km)
Endurance: 38 hours 12 min
Armament
1 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun
4 × 350 lb (160 kg) Mark 47 depth charges
Thanks to Wikipedia
Think small freighter ambling along
ABOVE the waves...
Today's Goodyear blimps are some 20% shorter & narrower than the K class, the ones I used to get close to in the 60s 25% smaller yet, so this thing would be a monster
on above the table.
Still want one o'dem dar blimp kits fer meownself...
Valerik
"Rigid or semi-rigid, that is the question"EDIT: For Mad Lord Snappydraggin' & others of his ilk who WILL giggle:
I'm referring, in my case at least, to AIRSHIPS Only, YMMV