Hi all

Have just finished my Horsa, what a Monster she is.

Cheers
Dus

Looks great. Excellent job. The airborne jeep looks good in it.

Holy $#*%!!!! Where in the world are you going to store this monstrosity!?!? You obviously can't hang it from the ceiling, not without reinforcing the ceiling with some rebar! :-)

nicely done,
Frank

I didn't realize an airborne jeep fit so snug inside the horsa. That is way cool

Wow, huge, looks good of course

Can you put something recognisable next to it to give me an idea of the size please?

Great job (pun intended)!
I didn't realise how tight the jeep fits either.
Good job on the paintwork, but I think the tailskid is a bit glossy..might be the photo though..

Cheers
Henk

Hello Chaps

Yes the jeep is a tight fit! I will sort out some more pics, some with grafitti on the sides too.
I think the gloss is because i used flash on the camera, sorry it looks cack, didn't notice last night when i posted them.
Cheers
dus

Hey Dus
Looks great. Tell us where you got it PLEASE!!!!!!! :-) :-)

Looks great, Dus. Would really like to see some more detailed pix of interior, etc. Are you going to place this in a dio, or rather build a dio around the thing, it being so huge?

BTW, what's a Horsa doing in this forum? Are gliders considered IFVs? :-)

Nick, they are available from Simon Farrugia of Great North Roads as resin kit with full internal detail.
Look Here
David, it just sort of gravitated here because of an unusual chain of circumstances!

Vinnie

I thought 'cos it was 1/35th scale and used by infantry/army units it would need to be posted in AFV's?
Apologies if I have offended Armorama etiquette. Is this the case?

The Horsa is produced by Great North Roads in the UK. Vinnie has posted a link to his site in the reply above.

Dus

Dave
Sorry mate didn't answer your question about a diorama.
The plan is to have a jeep and Trailer driving out the glider with a few para's 'holding' the drop zone. I have a half done morter crew that i might use in one corner maybe with a Vickers medium gun.
Sound feasible?
Cheers
Dus

Wow,nice one better watch "a bridge too far" and get some grafitti on it
Did the R.A.F use Lego to prop the tails on all their aircraft

LOL :-) :-) :-) :-)

The pic doesn't show the grafitti but there is some on there, I will sort out some more pics with it on.

Cheers
Dus

Hi Dus,

Nice looking kit. It's a pity the fuselage is so thick as it will spoil the overall effect of what sounds like a great dio.

Perhaps you can blend it in in some way. I visited the Royal Army Air Corps Museum last year and they have one that they are restoring/is on view. Plywood, tin and wire!! - Very flimsy.

Resicast have some great Paras. It sounds like you have some already.

I hope you will post the finished product it should look great.

Al

Hi Alan

The thickness you can see is one of the internal bulkheads of the airframe. The fuselage is actually a lot thinner cast with all the ribbing in place.
yes mate, I have loads of Resicast stuff.
Cheers
Dus

That is a great model! Great job. I can imagine the nose open with red devils running out accompanied by a jeep. Awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Dus,

That is a fantastic job that you have made to a great kit.

After trying to work out the size of the model from your pictures, we can only say on behalf of your good lady, god forbid if they decide to produce a 1/35th Halifax or Dakota to tow it, because the thought of a diorama that fills the lounge must be frightening.

Seriously you have made a superb rendition and I hope like others that you will share more pictures and how about a review of the build.

Regards,

John

Hi John and Simon
Thanks for the kind words. I have posted a couple more pictures.

cheers
dus

another finished pic
Cheers
Dus

Madre de dio!!!! That's gonna be a mother of a dio, Dus. Good luck, I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun. Is it possible to actually drive a jeep out of there without losing ones head?

BTW, thanks for the additional pix. The graffitti's hilarious :-)

Hi Dave

You're right, how do you get in or out of the seat when the jeeps all parked up??????
I always had it in my mind to draw a 'chad' on the side

Cheers
Dus

Hi to every one

I just want to say a BIG thank you to Dus for doing me proud with my Horsa kit. Thanks Mate.
I would also like to say thank you to every one else that has posted any thing on here too. I hope that i will beable to do my next prodject one this sells and i get my money back.
I hope that every one enjoys my Horsa kit and makes lots of dioramas with it too. Hope that i will see some at shows this year.

Thanks again to every one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind regards
Simon
Great North Roads

Hi Simon

A pleasure mate, really enjoyed building it, the detail is fantastic.
Have you released it yet?

Dus