R100 at St Hubert Airfield August 1930
Montreal Mast to match the FROG R100 kit
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A 1/500th scale model suitable for use with the "FROG" (and later Russian"Maquette") 1/500th scale R-100 Airship plastic construction kit. Unfortunately the mooring mast provided with the kit is vastly over scale This new model is accurately dimensioned and features much more detail than in the kit. The tower has a 2.5mm hole to take the metal rod provided with the kit but I do recommend that the airship model is given extra support around the mid hull position - a single mounting rod into your base board will do the job.
ADDITIONALY I've provided a finer scale nose section for the R-100 and a matching mast head to give you the option of modelling the R-100 coming in to moor at the mast or indeed, moored more realistically at it. Again, you will need to provide a separate support for the airship model around the mid hull position. You will find the separate nose cone and mast head on sprues inside the main building on the mast model.
The British government at Westminster in London, launched the Imperial Airship Scheme in 1924. The plan was to link the then enormous British Empire with an air service using a fleet of purpose built giant rigid airships. By 1930 the first phase of the scheme was well advanced with the R100 and the R101 completed and infrastructure in place for two main routes: One westward from the central hub at Cardington in the United Kingdom, across the Atlantic to Montreal in eastern Canada; and the second southeast from England via Ismailia in Egypt and onto Karachi in northwestern India. Mooring masts had been constructed at Cardington, Ismailia, Karachi and, as depicted in this model, at Saint Hubert Airfield, Montreal.
Just as day was breaking on 1st August 1930, R100 came down to the mast at Montreal to be greeted by thousands of Canadians who despite the earliness of the hour, had flocked to see the flying goliathan. She had left Cardington on the 29th July and was now to be based at St Hubert for 12 days during which time millions more people had the chance to see her both at the airfield and when she made a 24hr flight taking in Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls. She finally was let go of the mast on 13th August and made the homeward leg across the Atlantic in a record breaking flight of 57 hours 56 minutes.
The Montreal Mast was the epicentre of the media frenzy surrounding R100's achievement. A press gallery of 200 representing 40 different organisations telegraphed reports and pictures across the world. It was a massive 210 ft (64 mtrs) tall, was equipped with central elevators and had full gassing and fueling plant for airships plus service facilities for passengers built into the elegantly designed base structure.
ADDITIONALY I've provided a finer scale nose section for the R-100 and a matching mast head to give you the option of modelling the R-100 coming in to moor at the mast or indeed, moored more realistically at it. Again, you will need to provide a separate support for the airship model around the mid hull position. You will find the separate nose cone and mast head on sprues inside the main building on the mast model.
The British government at Westminster in London, launched the Imperial Airship Scheme in 1924. The plan was to link the then enormous British Empire with an air service using a fleet of purpose built giant rigid airships. By 1930 the first phase of the scheme was well advanced with the R100 and the R101 completed and infrastructure in place for two main routes: One westward from the central hub at Cardington in the United Kingdom, across the Atlantic to Montreal in eastern Canada; and the second southeast from England via Ismailia in Egypt and onto Karachi in northwestern India. Mooring masts had been constructed at Cardington, Ismailia, Karachi and, as depicted in this model, at Saint Hubert Airfield, Montreal.
Just as day was breaking on 1st August 1930, R100 came down to the mast at Montreal to be greeted by thousands of Canadians who despite the earliness of the hour, had flocked to see the flying goliathan. She had left Cardington on the 29th July and was now to be based at St Hubert for 12 days during which time millions more people had the chance to see her both at the airfield and when she made a 24hr flight taking in Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls. She finally was let go of the mast on 13th August and made the homeward leg across the Atlantic in a record breaking flight of 57 hours 56 minutes.
The Montreal Mast was the epicentre of the media frenzy surrounding R100's achievement. A press gallery of 200 representing 40 different organisations telegraphed reports and pictures across the world. It was a massive 210 ft (64 mtrs) tall, was equipped with central elevators and had full gassing and fueling plant for airships plus service facilities for passengers built into the elegantly designed base structure.
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Montreal Mast 1 500th
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