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Finished "Polish glider"

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  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Utereg
Finished "Polish glider"
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:29 AM

Here are some pics of my most recent completion, three polish gliders:

a Jantar standard; 

 

a Sep

and a Bocian

 

 

These are old polish kits, the canopies are very bad (even after a bath in future). Fit was ok, except for the canopies.

 

I made these on vaction with minmal equipment. They where painted with a (ordinary) spray. I had some bleeding of paint under the canopy masks (I did seal the masks with a coat of Future,b ut that wasn't enough). Maybe I would have had a better result with my AB or a spray can with modelling paint. Decals where OK, thin and settled nicely with vinegar. White decal strip was used on the Sep for canopy framing.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
Posted by TANGO 1 on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:49 AM
Nice work! We don't see many glider models on here, thanks for sharing.Thumbs Up [tup]
Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Northern KY
Posted by mucker on Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:01 AM
Very nice job on a unique subject! I agree with Darren, it's nice to see something out of the ordinary come across these forums. Nicely done.

  • Member since
    February 2005
  • From: Cleveland, OH
Posted by RadMax8 on Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:15 AM
Remco, other than the canopies, those gliders look pretty cool! Nice work, and thanks for sharing! Were they nice and relaxing builds for your vacation?
  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Southeast Louisiana
Posted by Wulf on Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:10 PM

Very interesting, different builds. You did a very nice job.

 Andy

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    March 2004
  • From: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posted by uilleann on Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:36 PM

I LOVE to fly gliders!  Nice to see some modeled here.  I don't recall seeing any of american models...though admittedly I haven't really looked.  ;)  Nothing like soaring to free the mind and spirit!

 

 

"I may not fly with the eagles.....but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!"
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    December 2002
  • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
Posted by Cobrahistorian on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:07 PM

Man, ya got me!  I was expecting an F-105 thread.

I'm building "The Polish Glider" as one of the five Thuds I've got building right now!

Jon 

"1-6 is in hot"
  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: and just won't go away.
Posted by Quagmyre on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:27 PM

Being from Chicago and having a little Język polski in me myself, I have to admit I was half expecting a Polish joke. Sorry...that's bad.

Znakomity praca na samolocie!


Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete 
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

  • Member since
    March 2004
  • From: Placerville, CA USA
Posted by Mark Joyce on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:46 PM

Nice job on the trio!  All are very well done.

Mark

Ignorance is bliss
  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Utereg
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Monday, March 19, 2007 2:39 AM
 Cobrahistorian wrote:

Man, ya got me!  I was expecting an F-105 thread.

I'm building "The Polish Glider" as one of the five Thuds I've got building right now!

Jon 

I bet that you are not the only one who thought they would see pics of that famous F-105.

I must admit, that is why I used "polish glider"as a subject line instead of "three gliders from Poland". Clown [:o)]

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Posted by m1garand on Monday, March 19, 2007 8:06 AM
 Quagmyre wrote:

Being from Chicago and having a little Język polski in me myself, I have to admit I was half expecting a Polish joke. Sorry...that's bad.

Znakomity praca na samolocie!

LOL Quagmyre! 

Speaking of gliders, is there any manufacturer producing WWII military gliders?

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: and just won't go away.
Posted by Quagmyre on Monday, March 19, 2007 9:07 AM

Yes.

Sanger Engineering makes 1/48 vacuforms of the Airspeed Horsa Glider and the Waco CG-4 Hadrian glider used during D-day.

Italeri make a 1/72 scale plastic injection molded version of the Waco Hadrian glider.


Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete 
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
Posted by yardbird78 on Monday, March 19, 2007 10:10 AM

Chalk me up as another expecting something on Major Don Kutyna's F-105.  Anyway, nice work on the gliders that are a seldom seen item.

Darwin, O.F.  Alien [alien] 

 

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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