Btw does anybody remember that the object shorten in the direction of the motion?
So, the stars should be sequins. Flat blue little sequins. Not tinsels.
(Maybe already was here.)
Spy Baskets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_basket
Were hanging from a military dirigible on the up-to-915-meter-long rope to watch what's below the clouds.
(Requires KAS.)
The picture above is banned for making the viewer to imagine a whole field of metal springs, a springfield.
Also for raising the question, why need the gas station in a clockpunk world?