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@horati0nosebl0wer – that’s spooky! Because no sooner had I finished my dwarf forge and promised my wife I’d show her some attention, she got sick of my “getting under her feet” and asked what I was working on next. And since Titan Forge are on a bit of a roll with dwarves at the minute, they were giving away the smaller zeppelin this month, for just $1

http://titan-forge.com/home/207-ancestral-zeppelins

Of course, before sending it to the printer, I’d split the balloon in two, hollowed it out and created embedded magnets, so it can be opened up and have a rechargeable lipo battery hidden inside. I’ve already chopped the propellor off and hollowed out the “motor” that it was stuck so, so it’s ready to take a tiny stepper motor (I decided a regular hobby motor, with a typical spin speed of about 21,000 rpm might be a bit unrealistic! I stepper motor lets me regulate the speed it rotates, down to just a few rpm if necessary).

Servos will control the guns up and down. And I reckon there’s got to be a flashing LED on there somewhere…

But I love the viking ship idea. I might yet print another balloon and find a viking ship to stick to it, and see how the two of them look.

I’m away on my jollies from tomorow, so no playing with the cool kids for a week. But I’ll get back onto it almost as soon as the ‘plane touches down!