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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Fire-at-Will on 01 April 2023, 08:35:01 PM

Title: Coming to a LZ near to you?? 20mm gliders
Post by: Fire-at-Will on 01 April 2023, 08:35:01 PM

Well with a change to my plans and restarting my 3D printer I have four US Waco gliders ready to fly into action. They have been bathtubbed so the wing span is undersized, the fuselage length less so and the body scaled to 1/80 (almost 20mm)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrMLmld1sf0GLphDnmBs4iyu-WmweT1N_q6u2V3SisAztHOSaD0I5DjyOsgX2Tff7YM81t7dCyMiLHVXdFlmNidrA8W7r8MTlAkH415eVpywhw7COivS4HS8WZaOiLdHExaNY6u3aNLhq8TjHyKq2bLRPzqo5twp_vtrGMGqq9YeJcJA4H7FfFQAF5A/s800/WW2%20US%20Wacos%203.JPG)

Luckily I had enough paint as Amazon failed to deliver it (well the one it had at a sensible price rather than double RRP)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6vMBOsaMx-SXYni_ZmzaBbSHvYeJnkkwVq4Iqb1MZD5qQ27kksFdQIkX6JcO6Ng7NJa8wNrxA-VzJxbljX0igSjK60s_pN6YfpTiCROmYDGCVSPdrtQNKxuK5rGxAIUk8-QEsyOVvdT98Zly7GgDsvrcKYd9TbgfbqldrtRZsRi36-wEZYm96Lev9A/s800/WW2%20US%20Wacos%201.JPG)

The decals were by Xtradecal and I now have a lot of large US decals left from the set.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBD8GAAJa0rRN_ku1CZ9zcwKtfbW7rbYG0TPLngwldNdQWTLRl5flklCTeQLVMojfVxB6CUnwKTnYF6VlHOfszYvz3y3p9Ptv-2ZeSrVOoJMYFIMn27QMMtF5sE4d-JErqfSDQ0NR5RzSoR5kXFIIAK0QEFeZqKo9tmXOdxDZjnwOFIyxFwdAg-LLzkQ/s800/WW2%20US%20Wacos%202.JPG)

Title: Re: Coming to a LZ near to you?? 20mm gliders
Post by: fred on 02 April 2023, 09:11:17 AM

Cool stuff. It seems much less common to see Waco gliders in games than Horsa ones, so good to see something a bit different.

Title: Re: Coming to a LZ near to you?? 20mm gliders
Post by: forrester on 02 April 2023, 11:19:36 AM

They look very convincing

Title: Re: Coming to a LZ near to you?? 20mm gliders
Post by: BeneathALeadMountain on 02 April 2023, 11:32:27 AM

Brilliant stuff, Waco’s definitely on my to-do list for my Americans in Normandy; I don’t know why I like them so much - maybe just out of respect to the incredible chaps that rode those steeds to battle.

BeneathALeadMountain