Bill Cross Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Good news for paras fans and the wide array of para figures in 1/35th scale out there: a WACO glider in a resin kit is due out. Harold and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I "get it" as far as the scale choice goes. Troop gliders fit with the armor guys who'll use them much more than the aircraft guys. But too bad for those who wanted to use it with HPH's upcoming DC-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 No worries. If I buy the HPH DC-3 the model will portray a civilian ac of some colorful sort that I know little about at the moment. Rick Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 No problem. All you have to do to convert the 1/35 model to 1/32 scale is apply many coats of a thick paint and apply it with a brush. Try an indoor wall paint. That's what the Israelis did in 1947. You can mix the color yourself. OD is a mix of yellow and black and some other colors, Use your own color tint preferences. You will have to experiment to determine the numbers of layers required to raise the scale. Tomjw, Jack, Bill Cross and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 This is such a simple model all you need is the plans and you can easily build one from scratch, any scale you want. Bill Cross and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 An interesting aside. During the war these were hurriedly made. At St. Louis the contractor who manufactured these simple gliders had a wee problem in the plant. At the presentation ceremony where the first completed glider was demonstrated there was a big to do held including a flyby of the first one produced at the plant. It was a festive occasion with bands, politicians, just lots of people. The presentation glider was loaded with politicians and people who had pull. Even the mayor of St. Louis was aboard. The glider was towed into the air and once up the wing broke off and it crashed, killing a bunch of politicians, including the mayor himself. Subsequent investigation revealed that there was a part that held the main wing strut to the fuselage. One of them failed and the wing broke off. When the tool worker who drilled out this casting was interviewed by the authorities if turned out that where was no stop on the drilling machine. He would drill into the casting to a depth he considered the correct depth, visually. No measurements, it just looked good to him. No foreman taught him to set a depth stop. Somebody always does not get the word. Shawn M, Bill Cross and coogrfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Wait...wait...is that a real story? These things killed soldiers all of the time.... And they sent bigwigs up in one??? BTW... I find it ironic that a light body aircraft is being made in the heaviest modelling medium. Gaz Bill Cross and wunwinglow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Many politicians died? ... someone give the guy a medal!! Rog Tomjw, Pfuf, Smokeyforgothispassword and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 ROFL Rog!!! Send that guy to SA please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Wait...wait...is that a real story? These things killed soldiers all of the time.... And they sent bigwigs up in one??? BTW... I find it ironic that a light body aircraft is being made in the heaviest modelling medium. Gaz Yes, it was a real occurrence. St. Louis lost a lot of big politicians that day. There was great pressure during the war to manufacture weapons of war and large quantities of untrained workers were quickly hired to meet the deadlines. "Deadines" was the appropriate word back then. My dear father, who was a wonderful person, was the most unmechanical person I ever met. During the war he worked as an inspector in the factory where they made engines for B-29's. We are only human. We do the best we can under great pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Yes, it was a real occurrence. St. Louis lost a lot of big politicians that day. There was great pressure during the war to manufacture weapons of war and large quantities of untrained workers were quickly hired to meet the deadlines. "Deadines" was the appropriate word back then. My dear father, who was a wonderful person, was the most unmechanical person I ever met. During the war he worked as an inspector in the factory where they made engines for B-29's. We are only human. We do the best we can under great pressure. I too was wondering if the story was true and not another one of your amusing metaphors. Thanks for clearing that up. A very interesting story indeed, one that I hadn't heard before. Thank you for that. I always enjoy reading your tong in cheek comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre F-86 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Many years ago (way too many) Model Airplane News put out an article on a Waco glider. I still have the plans stashed somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npb748r Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 out of interest, what would the difference be between 1/35 and 1/32 in actual measurement terms - assume it's a few millimetres ?? I've never really thought about that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 out of interest, what would the difference be between 1/35 and 1/32 in actual measurement terms - assume it's a few millimetres ?? I've never really thought about that before. The way I tend to think about it ... is to take a 20m wingspan ... 1m = 1,000mm ... so 20m = 20,000mm. 20000/35 = 571.43mm 20000/32 = 625.00mm Therefore the difference between a model in 1/32 over a 1/35 - representing a 20m wingspan - would be about 53.5mm larger. Rog npb748r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Not insignificant, then. Very significant indeed, I'd say! Stupidest decision ever in the entire history of scale modelling EVER, I'd say! But I am a fully paid up grumpy old git, so that might have a bearing on my opinion.... Edited April 22, 2018 by wunwinglow Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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