Cardington Airship Mast

The mast is in two parts to allow for simpler painting and is available in 1:500, 1:600 and 1:700 scales.The docking cup at the top of the mast matches the cone on the nose pin of my R100 and R101 Airship models.Cardington in Bedfordshire, England eventually became one of the World's finest airship facilities but with the economic depression that followed the Great War, in 1921 the airship site was temporarily closed following completion of the R38. However, it was reopened in 1924 after the British government announced the formation of the Imperial Airship Service and placed contracts for the construction of R101 and R100, the airships that were to launch the service. A wireless station and control tower were built on the site and this huge airship mast was erected in 1926. At 202 feet (61.6 mtrs) high and 70 feet (21.3 mtrs) in diameter at the base, the tower was the first ever cantilever mooring mast to be built. The R100 flew from this mast on her successful round trip to Montreal, Canada in July and August of 1930. R101 flew all of her test flights from the mast and cast off on her final voyage on October 1st the same year. Similar masts were built in Ismailia in Egypt, Karachi in northwestern India and at Saint Hubert Airfield, Montreal.

This 3d printed kit includes the following parts:

1:500 scale:

• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SF06 500 P1 (ABS, Any)
• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SF06 500 P2 (ABS, Any)

1;600 scale:

• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SE05 600 P2 (ABS, Any)
• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SE05 600 P1 (ABS, Any)

1:700 scale:

• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SD04 700 P2 (ABS, Any)
• 1x Cardington Mast CAS SD04 700 P1 (ABS, Any)