Creating the Airship Camille

May 25, 2010 20:32

Behind the cut is a long and picture-intensive description of how I built the steampunk airship Camille.


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ydnic May 26 2010, 15:49:38 UTC
Are you coming to Dragon*Con this year? If so, I'd love to be able to use the airship (when you're not wearing it) as a prop in the Alt History track room.

If not, I guess I'd better start on building my own *grin*

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radegund_lj May 26 2010, 16:16:17 UTC
I am coming, but I will be flying down from Massachusetts and am pretty sure there's no way I can get it on the airplane. Sadly the airship doesn't actually fly. :(

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ydnic May 26 2010, 17:06:44 UTC
That's the next mod to it, correct? ;)

OK, then my husband and I are going to work on making an airship for display--hopefully you'll get to check out our version of it in 99 days or so...(I'd do the wearable thing, but it's not practical with all the stuff I have to do at Con....)

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radegund_lj May 26 2010, 17:36:25 UTC
I have wondered if you could make a framework light enough that you could fill the inside of the airship with helium balloons and have it float. :)

I'd be willing to talk about the airship project at D*C if you want. I look forward to seeing your take on the airship! :D

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gkingsley May 26 2010, 16:39:22 UTC
After I posted my "great job" comment on the Steampunk Fashion comm, I thought of an alternate fix for the beshortened leg issue. You might want to pick up some tubing - either brass tubing or painted PVC tubing, depending on your budget. Glue the bottom leg section into the tubing, then when you're ready to strap the thing on, set the top section into the other end of the tubing.

Does that make even a little bit of sense? I can see it in my head, but I don't know if I'm describing it correctly.

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radegund_lj May 26 2010, 17:46:37 UTC
Yeah, I think I can see where you are going. You still need some way to securely attach the sections; perhaps drilling a hole through the pipe and the bamboo and inserting a pin or screw that can be removed later would do it.

Or, slide both legs into a tube and then loop something (twine, bungee cord) between the hip and butt bars to hold them together?

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gkingsley May 26 2010, 19:13:58 UTC
I think the pin idea would be sturdier, but that's just me.

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radegund_lj May 26 2010, 20:45:47 UTC
Or I could go buy a van. ;)

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