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Published: 2008-04-04 03:12:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 5411; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 1222
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the Hindenburg,Pride of Nazi Germany in luxury transatlantic passenger travel service. unfortunately,due to an embargo of helium by the United States,Germany was forced to use highly inflammable and explosive hydrogen as a lifting gas. the tragic destruction of the largest airship of all time on May 6,1937 at NAS Lakehurst,NJ,spelled the end of large rigid airships to this day.Related content
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AMT made a few kits of lighter-than-air back in the mid-70s,a Hindenburg,USS Akron/Macon and a US Army Civil War ballon,but very scarce collectors items nowadays,not good sellers back then.
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i agree. it looks like Revell Germany is now offering those Kits.
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not the AMT stuff,Revell,s Hindenburg is a new mold entirely.
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I'm gonna see if i can get 1! Stay Cool.
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good little kit,very simple and straightforward.
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talk to you later. Thinking about a Lot of Stuff!
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The thing with the hydrogen wasn't the best idea. It's like a car which needs nitroglycerine as fuel.
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best they could do. the US had a monopoly on helium and it was embargoed for sale.
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Hm, self made misery....
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or just a bit of bad luck. the Graf Zeppelin flew around the world for years on hydrogen without any mishaps.
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A dance with the devil....
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and such dances usually end up with somebody getting burned,in this case,literally!
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and soon to become part of Ferrygirl,s collection............
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you sending it to her?
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next chance i get!
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cool, I know she'll like that
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and the price is right too. our Nikki needs to save a few quid for her trip to Barbados...........!
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hope she has fun
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has to get there first......!
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well yes, hope she has a good flight.
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i,ll make sure of that!
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... No wonder they called it the "biggest man-made cloud ever". Even 70 years on, it still looks incredible. ^^
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even a small-scale kit,but she still just looks big!
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She also looks more impressive than anything else - even the Zeppelin NT, and I did see one of those for real once... ^^
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if only they had been able to obtain helium......but Uncle Sam refused to sell any to anyone,for fear it might be used for Warlike Purposes. {Nuclear Research,perhaps?}
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Meh... More likely out of fear the Germans would start to use Zeppelins in the same kind of way as the USS Macon and USS Akron. Imagine the Germans having been able to build similar craft, with the ability to carry divebombers to just outside the US coast, and without having to worry about them getting hit by incendary bullets...
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that was another possibility. but helium had many other uses as well.
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OMG THE HUMANITY
i always liked the blimps, this one is magnifique. just the svastica ruins it a little, but well, was a great machine ^^
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the swastika is simply a part of 20th Century history,as to who just happened to be in power in Germany at the time.
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just a marking,that,s all.
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Sir, I ever though that same Nazis destroyed his airship, the flying conditions are not so good but no to bad for no landing.
Your model kit makes me said " WOOOOW".
When I was a kid I tryied to built a airship like this, never succesfull attempes for built one an make it fly leave me angry and depressed, but I know that I was must purchased one, hehehe.
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if you wish to try again,this is an excellent and simple kit. RevellGermany,1/720th scale. very easy and straightforward to build,nothing to fight with.
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Mmmmmm, sounds so good!
Yes, I will try again.I really liked this airships.
But I dont want to put in it the nazi simbols, this blimps are to beautifull to that ugly past.
Thanks!
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an ugly past,yes. but it was a part of 20th Century history.
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