Wanted 1/72 Horsa Glider

Dillon · 21-01-2008

Hi,

If anyone has one of the above boxed and would be interested in selling please get in touch with me. I am fairly sure Italeri released a Airspeed Horsa Mk 1 / Mk 2. I believe Heller have released one in the past few years as D-Day Air Assault kit.

Airifx are planning on releasing a model later this year but I don't know when and could ideally do with one sooner rather than later.

Thanks

Matt

**Bluewavestudios** · 21-01-2008

Hi Dillon and welcome to the Forums.

Indeed Italeri, Revell and Testors have all produced the Horsa in 1/72 scale although they seem to be hard to find now.

There is a Revell one for sale on e-bay but the Canopy glazing is missing and that is quite a prominent part of this aircraft. Shame really because the rest of it is boxed and new.

The item is listed here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Revell-1-72-Ai...sid=p1638.m122

I suppose if you have enough experience, you could always mould your own canopy...it is a straight forward shape.

Having checked for the Airfix one, the nearest availability date is June 1st this year, priced at £10.99.

Good luck with your search.

Regards........Mark

**GEEDUBBYA** · 21-01-2008

Howdy Matt,

All i have is the gotha Go 242/244 but you can find the horsa on any of the links found here:

http://www.google.com/search?gbv=2&n...ider+model+kit

There are several for sale on the net.

Hope this helps

Greg

Dillon · 06-02-2008

Hi,

Thank you for the help, I managed in the end to get one off e-bay. The next thing will be to decide on what diorama to use it on - 1) a landing near Pegasus bridge or 2) on take off behind a Douglas C-47?

Thanks

Dillon

**GEEDUBBYA** · 06-02-2008

Howdy Dillon,

Glad to see you found one. I just wanted to give an opinion on what I think I would like to see. A diaroma of a take off behind a C-47 would be cool.
Like I stated above, I have the Gotha Glider and have considered building it and a Ju-52 or He-111 for photos as "tow plane and glider".
I think if you build a diaroma of a take-off, I will probably have to do the same with the german Counterparts .
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you come up with. My glider build is still a ways off, I am swamped with aircraft to build.

Have a good day,

Greg

Dillon · 07-02-2008

Hi Greg,

I think I am in agreement with you - a diorama of the Horsa and Douglas C-47 on take off is the way to go. I have seen a lot of dioramas of the Horsa after landing so this may be something different. I may try and find another Horsa for the background?

Like you I have lots on so this is going to have to wait a while, currently I am working on two dioramas one is featured in the Under Construction page, this will probably take me several weeks to finish then I have just started another of an artillery position.

Have fun building your aircraft.

Dillon