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Here's a new art with a new model, this time an X-Type Lengthened Super Zeppelin along with a typical R-Type Super Zepp for size and style comparison.

I should point out however that I have not yet meshed up a more accurate fore-gondola or aft-gondola for my new X-Type, so for now I'm using my pre-existing component R-Type gondolas for this conceptual art piece which will be replaced at a later date with the more accurate gondolas.

Aside from sheer size difference, the other main differences with the X-type versus the earlier R-types is the omission of the outrigger gear boxes and strut mounted propellers that were driven by an additional 5th engine in the aft gondola. The X-Type's simpler six engine layout is much more efficient and powerful, otherwise the same outrigger wing propellers would have been used.

The X-Type according to [link] Puget sound Airship Society, the new X-Type lengthened Super Zeppelins were 211 meters in length... I have some re-modeling issues to sort out with my new X-Type so she's a little longer at 217 meters, but I'll soon have the proportions sorted out soon enough.

Anyhow back story goes that since the lengthened supers were born too late in the war, they did not have much air time, or much effect on the outcome of the war, and many of them including LZ114 were given off to the UK as war reparations. LZ114 was dismantled, and in all likely hood so were others before 114.

Ships before, such as LZ104 (Afrikaschiff) literally meaning Africa Ship, did see some service, indeed flying all the way from home station in Bulgaria to Eastern Africa, but upon news that Germany surrendered, she returned home, ultimately setting a long distance flight record for the time, but doing little else. She did participate in raids, like other ships, notably the R-Types, but LZ104 crashed while raiding Malta in 1918, but reasons for her downing are still a mystery.

Since these lengthened X-Types are late war period, they have been the inspiration for my early models of Zeppelins still seen in my gallery, many of them in particular being my Maximilian's Angst vor mitternacht. Now however with my much improved modeling skills in sketchup, I can revisit my old models just the same as I am doing with my hand drawn arts, and here is my first attempt to model a more accurate X-Type which will become the our real Mitternacht, and my own .....hmmm.... LZ-119?

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I built my new X-Type using the same R-Type L32 which I made earlier, and simply drafted in 6 more center rings to install two more gas cells in the now stretched hull. I slightly scaled down the length of the tail cone, and moved it aft along with the tail fins, and deleted the asymmetric sub-sized lower fin with a full sized upper, rotated around 180 and dropped in place.

The center slung engine gondolas were moved forward and a clone group was placed aft of them in an equal spacing. The outrigger pod propellers were deleted from the aft gondola, and so was the radiator and muffler that outwardly signified there was the 5th engine there. The rest of the conversion just fell into place. Only thing that had to be scratch made over, were the bracing wires to hold the gondolas and engine pods in place. And for now my X-Type is done. ^w^

A later tweak will have the flight and aft gondolas replaced with streamlined shapes, much like the bullet like gondola seen on the British R80 speed freak. And then my X will be complete.

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Super Zepp and Lengthened Super were build by :iconnezmiyuki: in versions 7 and 8

Description
Here's a new art with a new model, this time an X-Type Lengthened Super Zeppelin along with a typical R-Type Super Zepp for size and style comparison.

I should point out however that I have not yet meshed up a more accurate fore-gondola or aft-gondola for my new X-Type, so for now I'm using my pre-existing component R-Type gondolas for this conceptual art piece which will be replaced at a later date with the more accurate gondolas.

Aside from sheer size difference, the other main differences with the X-type versus the earlier R-types is the omission of the outrigger gear boxes and strut mounted propellers that were driven by an additional 5th engine in the aft gondola. The X-Type's simpler six engine layout is much more efficient and powerful, otherwise the same outrigger wing propellers would have been used.

The X-Type according to [link] Puget sound Airship Society, the new X-Type lengthened Super Zeppelins were 211 meters in length... I have some re-modeling issues to sort out with my new X-Type so she's a little longer at 217 meters, but I'll soon have the proportions sorted out soon enough.

Anyhow back story goes that since the lengthened supers were born too late in the war, they did not have much air time, or much effect on the outcome of the war, and many of them including LZ114 were given off to the UK as war reparations. LZ114 was dismantled, and in all likely hood so were others before 114.

Ships before, such as LZ104 (Afrikaschiff) literally meaning Africa Ship, did see some service, indeed flying all the way from home station in Bulgaria to Eastern Africa, but upon news that Germany surrendered, she returned home, ultimately setting a long distance flight record for the time, but doing little else. She did participate in raids, like other ships, notably the R-Types, but LZ104 crashed while raiding Malta in 1918, but reasons for her downing are still a mystery.

Since these lengthened X-Types are late war period, they have been the inspiration for my early models of Zeppelins still seen in my gallery, many of them in particular being my Maximilian's Angst vor mitternacht. Now however with my much improved modeling skills in sketchup, I can revisit my old models just the same as I am doing with my hand drawn arts, and here is my first attempt to model a more accurate X-Type which will become the our real Mitternacht, and my own .....hmmm.... LZ-119?

*****

I built my new X-Type using the same R-Type L32 which I made earlier, and simply drafted in 6 more center rings to install two more gas cells in the now stretched hull. I slightly scaled down the length of the tail cone, and moved it aft along with the tail fins, and deleted the asymmetric sub-sized lower fin with a full sized upper, rotated around 180 and dropped in place.

The center slung engine gondolas were moved forward and a clone group was placed aft of them in an equal spacing. The outrigger pod propellers were deleted from the aft gondola, and so was the radiator and muffler that outwardly signified there was the 5th engine there. The rest of the conversion just fell into place. Only thing that had to be scratch made over, were the bracing wires to hold the gondolas and engine pods in place. And for now my X-Type is done. ^w^

A later tweak will have the flight and aft gondolas replaced with streamlined shapes, much like the bullet like gondola seen on the British R80 speed freak. And then my X will be complete.

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Super Zepp and Lengthened Super were build by :iconnezmiyuki: in versions 7 and 8