Finished "Polish glider"

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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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.

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Nice work! We don’t see many glider models on here, thanks for sharing.[tup]

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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.

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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?

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

Andy

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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. :wink: Nothing like soaring to free the mind and spirit!

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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

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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!

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

Mark

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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”. [:o)]

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LOL Quagmyre!

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

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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.

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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]