LZ 127

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October 4, 2025
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October 19, 2025
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October 25, 2025
Putty n sand
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November 4, 2025
This kit doesn’t have a lot of parts but the ones that it does have, have mold misalignment and sinkholes.
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December 20, 2025
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December 20, 2025
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December 21, 2025
It’s unclear from the instructions what part 13 is for. This photo shows the little tabs on the control surfaces, circled in red.
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December 21, 2025
Gluing on little tabs. Can I do it without losing any?
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December 23, 2025
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December 24, 2025
The stand interferes with the engine pods.
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December 26, 2025
Decals are thin and strong
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January 31, 2026
Ruined original decal so I used AI to design a new one and printed on white decal paper
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January 31, 2026
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January 31, 2026
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January 31, 2026
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January 31, 2026

Commentaires

28 4 October 2025, 02:09

Villiers de Vos
A nice start. How did the main parts go together?

1 4 October 2025, 04:53

Robert Podkoński
Watching, of course!

4 October 2025, 05:52

Ben M Auteur
Hi Villiers - the two halves of the hull did not go together perfectly, which may be a skill issue but I just couldn't get them lined up perfectly. I spent a lot of time scraping and filing last night. I am now ready to prime so I can see where I'm at and repeat the process. For some reason I'm not getting very good glue bonds either, I've had parts come apart a couple times. There are no locator pins, you have to line stuff up like a short run kit.

1 4 October 2025, 12:10

bughunter
Watching!
BTW, a nice little vise 👍

1 4 October 2025, 15:18

Villiers de Vos
Hello Ben. You may have considered it, but would gluing gussets on the inside assist?

1 4 October 2025, 16:14

Ben M Auteur
I should have considered it, but I did not. If anyone else builds this in the future, they should do that.

yes, the vise is very handy, should have bought two, but money is not unlimited right now, lol

1 4 October 2025, 16:22

Ben M Auteur
amazon.com/dp/B0CKNCZZV7

This "DSPAIE" brand makes lots of hobby tools including something that looks like a godhand nipper but for far cheaper. I am very satisfied with the quality of the vise, it is precision. Someone else on here had one is how I discovered it.

1 4 October 2025, 16:32

Skyhiker
Oh nice, Ben.

5 October 2025, 12:29

Alex K
👀

5 October 2025, 15:39

Ben M Auteur
The kit has alternate markings and parts for different variations. Unfortunately the more colorful schemes all have swastikas which I don't feel like including on my builds so I'm doing the scheme from the 1929 around the world flight.

4 19 October 2025, 11:59

Desert Marlin
These "simple" builds rarely turn out to be very simple. This one looks great so far! Keep at it for sure! The finish will bring out the reason why you built it in the first place!!! Cheers!!!

I'll watch!!!

2 21 December 2025, 04:28

Ben M Auteur
I broke the decal for the stand. So I used Gemini to create a new similar decal and printed it on white decal paper. Worked well, I'd never made a white decal before.

1 31 January, 02:17

Villiers de Vos
A flawless paint finish. The model turned out very nice.

31 January, 04:43

Ben M Auteur
AI designed decal came out pretty well. Nifty.

31 January, 18:36

bughunter
Nice silver cigar!

31 January, 19:03

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Ben! I would love to see such a giant in the sky again one day...

31 January, 20:04

Skyhiker
Beautiful job Ben. Congratulations.

31 January, 20:54