My first few ideas on how to start building it failed horribly, but then I came up with an idea that would actually work. I started out by making the flooring for the airship using the wood planks and gluing them in sections. This way I could lay out the design of the ship before I worried about how to frame it or anything.
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| I constructed the deck pieces by holding the larger pieces together using tape then gluing the cross pieces. |
I also built a stairway by cutting the step pattern in some thin wood boards and gluing the planks on top. Once I had my layout the next step was to start building the frame and attach it to the bottom of the deck plates. I should also mention that I never actually measured anything. It was (and still is) all either eyeballed or measured by comparing it to another piece and trimming it to match the same length. Doing it like this makes it crooked and uneven in spots but that's ok for this ship because the idea is that it was slapped together using old parts and scraps.
Next thing I did was to put on the lower deck and the stairway. Then I glued planks to the sides and front along with several bits of wood to make it look like it had been repaired often.
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| The sides will be left open for characters to shoot out of or load supplies and cargo. |
I haven't finished with the ship portion yet by any means (I am still adding bits here and there and I have a lot more to do), but now I have started working on building the frame for the blimp. After its completed I will cover it using some old tablecloth I pulled from a garage.
That's it for now. I'll be posting more as I continue.
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