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1 hour ago, CDW said:

Really like the little Willys Jeep. Nice kit.

Hi Craig, I agree, a very nice kit....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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9 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

I think I also have that same kit in my completed models stash.  Will have to do a little rummaging.  I know I have 3 variants of the Jeep.

Your welcome to post a pic here if you like Jack, I'm sure it came out beautifully.....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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13 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Your welcome to post a pic here if you like Jack, I'm sure it came out beautifully.....

I'm not so sure about the "beautiful" part, it was from my very early days of armor modeling. I will try and get a photo of it/them and post it.  

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Ok, First three steps... Engine & Frame, Running Gear then Suspension & Exhaust....

 

Engine and Frame...

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Running Gear...

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Suspension and Exhaust...

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Next up, we start on the Body.....

 

Onward....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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14 hours ago, Egilman said:

Your welcome to post a pic here if you like Jack, I'm sure it came out beautifully.....

Okay,  I found the 3 variants I built years ago.  Here's the 3, the one on left is I think the one you are building EG , middle one is the Vietnam era one I almost include in my M16 Diorama, and the one on right is the TOW version which seems to be missing a few parts as is the one on the left - missing machine gun. And all are showing the wear and tear, dirt and grime  of mounths on the battlefield.

 

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Thanks for letting me post them, EG

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2 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

And all are showing the wear and tear, dirt and grime  of months on the battlefield.

Yeah they have been soldering on for quite a while my friend...

 

Thank you for posting them...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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I took this at an airshow last year  - not sure if it helps?

 

OC.

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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7 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I took this at an airshow last year  - not sure if it helps?

 

OC.

Yep, they are the British versions, (markings and equipment) but other than that they are the same....

 

They have fans worldwide....

 

Thanks OC....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Ok, step four, initial body work......

 

Body pan....

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Radiator & Headlights

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Firewall & Tailgate....

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Taillights!...

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Sitting on it's chassis....

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Beginning to look like something now, next up Seats and Dashboard....

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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hey gang!   again....late to the party!   that's a neat little cannon you built there........my word....even come with a few shells  ;)    rafters beware!!!!!   at least I'll get to see the Jeep.........it's like a ship you know........'cuz  it's all in how you outfit her  :D   off to a great start  ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Why thank you Denis, I was thinking about making up a little ammo crate for those and sit it in the back of the Jeep.... (WWII they used wood crates for the shells)

 

Glad to have you join in.....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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sounds like a great idea  ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Small update... 

 

Got the seats in and the body mounted to the chassis. still waiting on the dullcoat to dry on the dash sealing in the dash decals....

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And a comparison of size.....

 

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Next up finish the Cowl and tires & wheels....

 

Thank you all for the views, comments and likes...

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Ok put together a few more details as time allowed...

 

Wheels on and body mounted...

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Some of the finer details added to the engine compartment and rear ....

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Decided that I will mount the M1919A4 gun and it's pedestal mount... I saw a lot of images of the Jeeps with the 101st on D-Day had the gun and the wire cutter so I will include both..... as far as the gun, it seems like the only pics taken were ones of them loading the thing on gliders, or in C-47's, none of them in actual use..... That's a shame cause for the first employment in europe the AB divisions primary artillery support was this gun..... Makes one think that the AB division didn't have anything other than what they jumped with... which is not correct at all... In fact they all didn't jump many battalions came in on gliders rather than jumping out of airplanes.... We always hear about the pathfinders and parachute infantry regiments, we never hear about the glider infantry regiments which in many cases took twice the casualties than their silk hung brethren...

 

Anyway, almost done.  Researched the Artillery rounds that came with the gun, they are M48 HE rounds 5 of them. in WWII in Europe they were delivered in wooden cases, two to a case and they were in protective tubes black in color with a yellow tape seal..... the only time there were shells out and about ws when there was firing going on, other than that they were never removed from their protective tubes..... So there is really no need for exposed shells in the back of the jeep..... although I may still make up a couple of crates and some of the other equipment used with the piece....... I guess the gun was meant for a diorama with a crew manning it...

 

Next up finishing the aft details, mostly grab handles, hood, windshield and weapons...

 

Onwards...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Looking good mate   - not far to go now.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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40 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Looking good mate   - not far to go now.

 

OC.

Thanks OC, life interuuptus is trying to rear it's ugly head again but I'm holding it off...... {chuckle}

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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6 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Thanks OC, life interuuptus is trying to rear it's ugly head again but I'm holding it off...... {chuckle}

"Fight the good fight"  get a load of kits out  put them on the table  and say  -  "Priorities  - must get on with them now"

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Hi Guys, final update before the finish.... 

 

Everything is together, decals on, ready for its final flat coat. (must sit overnight to allow everything to completely dry)

I decaled her for the 82nd Airborne Division, 319th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B, Truck 4 with one of four M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzers. Operation ELMIRA, 2100 hours, (two hours before dusk) June 6th 1944. The second glider borne assault reinforcing and supporting the 82nd Airborne troopers around St Mere Eglise....

 

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The hood is still in future that's why it appears a bit greener than the rest of it. I need to add a few items that all these jeeps and guns had as equipment but wasn't in the kit.... 

Rope looped over the front bumper, various rods and gun parts that would be strapped down to the trail, and maybe a little cargo in the back of the jeep....

 

When finished I'll do a photo array.....

 

Thank you for the thumbs up and comments while following this little build... 

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Great work EG, looks good 😁

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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Very nice brother  -  spot on with the details.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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8 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Great work EG, looks good 😁

Thanks Ed, I appreciate it....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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7 hours ago, fnick said:

That's a super little build!

 

Nick

Thank you Nick, for a tiny item, it sure gets the modeling level up there it's like 50 parts in a space of 3.5 x 2 inches.... and the gun was 45 parts at least.... It's not a hard pair of kits for an experienced modeler and without RL it would have been done in two days mostly waiting on drying time.... So you're absolutely right...

 

An impressive little kit....

 

Thank you..

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

Very nice brother  -  spot on with the details.

 

OC.

Thank you my friend, I tried to get it as close as I think it would have looked, unfortunately there are no pics of this available online. (but I'm sure they exist in someone's photo collection)

It's a situation that HAD to have happened, the Horsa Glider loadings were set up that way.... Shame that no one seems to have took a pic...

 

Thank you for following my friend....

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Again, a great looking build EG.

 

Unfortunately the incidents that are the most desired in combat are also the times that most if not all the people involved are pretty much busy with other matters they feel are important. Pictures are not usually high on that list. :(

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

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1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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23 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Again, a great looking build EG.

 

Unfortunately the incidents that are the most desired in combat are also the times that most if not all the people involved are pretty much busy with other matters they feel are important. Pictures are not usually high on that list. :(

Thanks Lou, It was a fun build even if a short one... and a bit of a challenge.... Sadly though as the 76th Anniversary of what is depicted is but a week away, it is dedicated to those who took many shots so those who didn't get the shots I was looking for could live...... context is everything....

 

Thanks goes to all that served.... WE owe them more than anyone can return...

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Nice build ! Nice model ! 

 

Now when do we get to see the diorama of the crash landed glider with the jeep and gun exiting the tail ?   😊😊😊

 

 

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44 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Now when do we get to see the diorama of the crash landed glider with the jeep and gun exiting the tail ?

The problem with that brother as you are well aware of is building the two sections of aircraft. You need the fuselage section right behind the wing to represent the exit, and a complete tail section which was tossed to one side... the span of the horizontal stabilizer alone would be close to a foot in 1/35th it would have to be  on a base at least 18"x 12" at the absolute minimum and probably more like 24"x 24" to do a proper job of it...... I suppose it could be set up as it's own separate shelf in the display case...

 

One of those subjects that would be great, if you had the space to keep it... I do believe that someone produced a paper kit of the Horsa in 1/33rd scale, that would work I suppose.... (building it in plastic using the paper as patterns)

 

I guess Bronco  does a 1/35 injection Horsa Mk1 .... (amazon, check the price)

Kit Review...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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The gliders used in WWII were pretty simple and you shouldn't need the whole thing to do a Diorama as they unloaded from the nose.

World War II CG-4A Glider Exhibit | U.S. Army Center of Military ...

 

In the case of carrying a Jeep, I even wonder if one glider carried both the gun and the jeep.

CG-4A - Air Mobility Command Museum

Would this do for a set of plans?

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6106

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6763

 

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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8 minutes ago, lmagna said:

In the case of carrying a Jeep, I even wonder if one glider carried both the gun and the jeep.

That pic is of a Waco Glider brother, (in British service known as the "Hadrian") and yes it could only carry one or the other.. the Airspeed Horsa Mk 1 is twice as large... the USAAF as well as the British used both...

 

Four Horsa's and a Waco (Hadrian) in the same LZ...

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You can tell the Horsa's from the separated tails, it's how they unloaded vehicles....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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