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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Silent Invader on January 12, 2009, 02:53:25 PM

Title: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: Silent Invader on January 12, 2009, 02:53:25 PM
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Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Johnnytodd on January 12, 2009, 04:57:10 PM
Great looking plane!!  and nice to see its in 1/56th.  What is she made of ?

John
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Helen on January 12, 2009, 09:46:55 PM
Lovely work Silent Invader.
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Heresy on January 13, 2009, 09:44:41 AM
Great work :-).
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Shaved Dwarf on January 13, 2009, 10:12:21 AM
Aw, that's great!  :-*
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Remington on January 13, 2009, 10:50:31 AM
Brilliant!!! You should be casting and selling this! I'd love to have one of those!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: gamer Mac on January 13, 2009, 11:55:48 AM
I suppose with a name like yours “Silent Invader” you should be building a glider. lol
Great work. The shape look just right, Love the wings.
Looking forward to the finished model.
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: postal on January 13, 2009, 12:09:40 PM
 :owow 8)
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Janick on January 13, 2009, 09:25:45 PM
I've been looking for a Horsa Glider for a while...you should cast that one up and sell it!  ;)
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Keith on January 14, 2009, 08:56:53 AM
A brilliant idea - probably the best way to do this in 1/56th. Excellent!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: Muddypaw on January 14, 2009, 10:32:28 AM
Looking great. I wish I had the patience and skill to do something like this. I'd love a Horsa for my airborne brits. The Grand Manner Horsa is erm...well, lets just say it's 'interesting' to put together  :-X
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip)
Post by: odd duck on January 14, 2009, 06:20:32 PM
Great Scratch build and the detailed "how to" is greatly apreciated It's always helpful to see how others aproach and solve problems on their builds!!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: gamer Mac on January 15, 2009, 08:22:33 AM
Looking better and better. Great centre point for a game.
Undercarriage looks great.
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: Remington on January 16, 2009, 12:01:21 PM
Hey, I missed the new pictures. Looking great!! The interest is definitely there. Should you be also able to beat the Grand Manner price... bob's your uncle as my gf tends to say.  :D
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: Westfalia Chris on January 23, 2009, 03:04:44 PM
Superb work! That base is particularly effective, not taking too much room yet being a stable support. The tree stump is a great idea, but may I suggest adding a suitably startled rabbit for some comic effect? Just keep it small and hard to notice, so it doesn´t ridicule the whole piece, but if you take a closer look, you´d get a chuckle out of it...
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: madjack on January 23, 2009, 03:34:02 PM
fantastic work
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: marrony on January 23, 2009, 03:51:20 PM
Really looking good. :o
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: Remington on January 27, 2009, 05:20:21 PM
I want that one too!!!  :D  :-* Have you thought about casting these beauties any further?
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: Ook on January 27, 2009, 06:22:21 PM
Excellent  :D
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: Westfalia Chris on January 27, 2009, 06:44:36 PM
Awwww! Whadda cute widdle bunny! lol

Very nice!  Looking forward to seeing it painted. Glad to have been helpful!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - now with undercarriage etc
Post by: DFlynSqrl on January 27, 2009, 06:48:09 PM
 :)  Very nice!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - fully assembled + undercoated
Post by: Remington on February 04, 2009, 11:21:13 PM
Oh, mull all the time, find the way, cause this beauty is amazing! And should you not manage to find a way to cast it, you have a really beautiful model there you should be very proud of! Looking forward to the next steps, whatever they may be.
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - fully assembled + undercoated
Post by: Janick on February 05, 2009, 02:26:48 AM
Wow...that is fantastic...I really want one!!!  o_o
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - fully assembled + undercoated
Post by: aircav on February 05, 2009, 10:52:47 AM
That is superb  :-* :D :-* :D :-* :D :-* :D
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 (wip) - fully assembled + undercoated
Post by: Westfalia Chris on February 07, 2009, 10:01:05 AM
Awwww... that turned out rather nice. And I´ll even skip on the inevitable "Peter Rabbit doing HIS part" joke!
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: Remington on February 26, 2009, 02:02:04 PM
Beautiful, Silent Invader. That was well worth the wait! Is the circular marking a decal or handpainted?

That is exactly what I would need for my paras... so you jump back to this project as soon as possible! :)
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: gamer Mac on February 27, 2009, 08:16:47 AM
Yep :o
The finished result is amazing.
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: Darkoath on March 02, 2009, 03:45:40 AM
That is just amazing!  Strong work! :D
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: Commander Vyper on March 04, 2009, 09:35:11 AM
Thanks for all of the kind remarks.  I'm keen to use the glider in a game but first need to finish my glider pilots and the platoon of airlanding infantry - still got quite a few conversions to do before they reach the painting stage so might be a couple of months off.

@Remington
The roundel is a decal and a painting. Free hand circles are a nightmare - for me anyways!  Luckily enough I had a decal which was the right size though it broke up on application as it had to fit over the raised edge which runs laong the tail.  Not a problem though as I just used what survived as a painting guide.  So, the correct answer is, I painted over a damaged decal!  ;)

Very nice, you doing the smashed wings and tail section too?

The Commander
Title: Re: Crash-landed Horsa Glider in 1/56 - finished
Post by: Regulator on March 09, 2009, 01:01:07 PM
Looks great  :o