Well I am finally back to the zeppelins. After much searching online for bits and pieces for my upcoming kits I had managed to score a mess of parts I will need for momre of my future conversions. Will all of the hubbub at the store over the last two weeks, surfing the web and dreaming at night over a 
coldly lit computer screen was all I have been able to do. The store newsletter has taken off well and we are up to 250 subscribers and we may be redoing the website for the store in the very near future. Ah, projects to keep my up at night...Ok, back to the project at hand, recently I finally managed to get the 6 weapons pylons and all of the multiple launch rocket pods (6 as well) assembled and magnetized. Now I have been working on the prototype for the engines and getting ready to make the three sets of them. This project would probably be a lot easier if it was not for the fact I was making three of them at the same time!
Well now that I am done with the prototypes for the engines, I am on to making the air captains and the first gunners for my air ships now. I will be getting pictures of them when they are more than torsos and legs...
On a quick note I managed to secure 6 ork truck chassis. These things are great and Dave Taylor's site has a great kit he set up for making trucks for his IG. I like the truck idea, but I feel his vehicles are a little sturdier than I want mine to look... I am not sure though I may default to them later. but boy are those chassis nice. They don't look orky at all and can be used for a mess of options. well, until later! - Bossman
Nice use of the rocket pods and ork bits for the props, I think it looks very effective for what you wish to portray. It is really nice seeing a highly converted army coming together! I too have used Dave Taylors trukk conversion to good effect with a halftrack conversion for a Hydra flak wagon. I agree that it looks really quite stout (which fits with my Iron Dogs). I have been thinking of another truck cab conversion for it that would make it look more 'delicate' in the fact that it would not have the large flat armor plates. What I am thinking would be a more classic rounded cab vehicle like the Opel Blitz truck, but this will either take a lot of plasticard and sanding work to make an original and then eventually making a mold for it or carving a blank and vacuum forming the cabs (which would require that I get around to making my vacuum forming table).
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