The famous LZ127 was the most successful and long-lived dirigible ever constructed, logging over a million miles of passenger service including an around-the-world flight in 1929. The first flight of the Graf Zeppelin was September 18, 1928 and was piloted by Hugo Eckner. The airship was 776' long, had a diameter of 100' and contained 3.7 million cubic feet of hydrogen. It was powered by five Maybach engines that produced 550 HP each, and attained a maximum forward speed of 80 MPH. LZ127 was dismantled in 1940 along with the Graf Zeppelin 2 (LZ130). This Winston Classic kit of the famous LZ127 Graf Zeppelin results in a stunning 31" long display model. Plans for this model were originally penned over 30 years ago, and Megatech designers decided to "re-engineer" a kit to the standards of today's discriminating model builder. Features like laser-cut lite plywood bulkheads, contest quality balsa and formed plastic detail parts make this model simple to assemble for anyone with balsa kit building experience. Extra details like clear celluloid (to simulate rotating propellers) and black nylon string (for control linkage and antennas), and quality covering tissue result in a model you'll be proud to finish and display.
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Do not buy this!
For this price, I expected more than what came in this very substandard kit. The cabin was one, preformed, flimsy plastic piece like the sails that come with a plastic model sailing ship. Fine for sails, but no details at all, very cheap. For well over $200, I would have expected cloth for the skin of the zeppelin, instead, you get tissue paper and the requirement that you buy grey airplane dope and apply it to the kit. I paid nearly $250 for this kit with shipping charges. What I received looked like something that I would expect from a $30 kit. I will promptly return this to the seller.
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