OK, other than a few VERY minor details (which I can add any ol' time), the airship is basically finished! When it's textured, I will post it in "Finished Work".

The final updates include the gas vents along the top of the ship, some wire bracing, and (THIS was the FUN part) the hangar hatch/trapeze mechanism.

The hatch automatically opens (via blend shape), and the trapeze unfolds into position (SDK) to launch and/or recover aircraft. There will be cables added to the trapeze at some point, but right now I'm leaving it until everything's textured. I slapped a cheesy sky background and tweaked the lights I had up (again, nowhere near how I'd light a scene, but OK for now) and took a few more snapshots!

Thanks for letting me share this fun side-project with you, and enjoy your flight!