Her Majesty’s Skyship HMS Hyperion by gnomemeansgnome

[gnomemeansgnome]

A project that I started back in 1996 or 7. All from scrap materials (paper, cardboard, plastic etc) except for the airscrew and the gondola. The aether gas envelope is essentially a small plastic flower vase (the pointy end) and a cigarillo tube glued together plus various bits of wound guitar string and tape. Done in the key of Space:1889 steampunk. Now toodling along in formation with other scratchbuilt craft. Enjoy!

[AndrewR]

Very good

[PaulBradley]

Very cool!

[DavidWomby]

Love that!

David

[JohnRatzenberger]

That looks great - very well imagined, built, and displayed.

[general rocket]

Interesting

[Crashpilot]

Hey, a cross breed tween a zeppelin, and a sailing vessel! Well imagined, and executed
makes me think of something from a Jules Verne novel :-)

I keep on playing with some ideas, how I could create one imaginative model....(with a backstory, perhaps?)

[JamesPerrin]

This is pretty wild!

[gnomemeansgnome]

Thanks, gentlemen! I was kind of aiming for a Jules Verne theme, so mission accomplished.

[JamesPerrin]

Wasn’t there a Doctor Who with sailing ships in space?

[gnomemeansgnome]

That does sound familiar.

[Dazzled]

Brilliant.

[Tarkas]

Impressive. In the best steampunk tradition, except... where's the guns (zap or otherwise)? One of Her Majesty's Skyships can't go abut unarmed, y'know. Who knows what Johnny Foreigner might try?

[gnomemeansgnome]

Brilliant.

Cheers, Daz, thanks!

[Muttzley]

Wasn’t there a Doctor Who with sailing ships in space?

With Peter Davidson IIRC.
I remember a Pirate Ship and a Clipper, seem to recall a Greek galley as well. Think it was a race by "Q" type beings who 'borrowed' the ships and crews from Earth's history.