Page 1 of 1
1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:44 am
by pickelhaube
I was talking to another collector about the WACO glider the other day and he was saying how long the wingspan would be in 1/18th scale.
It would be a wapping 55.77 inches long ( WINGSPAN )
Years ago I was talking to the Hun about the same thing .
This would be as big as an average .40 sized r/c airplane .
At almost a 5 foot wingspan there is no way the average collector could dispay it unless the collector lived and breathed D-Day .
Unless ......
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:52 am
by Arpia IV
Yes, definitely there are some 1/18 scale beauties that only will live in our dreams unless that we have a huge house
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:08 pm
by normandy
....Or you wanted to do a crashed glider diorama.
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:50 pm
by granch
By the way, easier to make, because no engine, no retractable gear, no sophisticated instrument panels... did she had foldable wings?
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:25 pm
by Axis Nightmare
granch wrote:By the way, easier to make, because no engine, no retractable gear, no sophisticated instrument panels... did she had foldable wings?
I don't recall the CG-4A as having foldable wings. Despite having large vehicles, the 1/6 scale people regret not being able to have planes in their hobby and they would be way bigger. Even a fighter plane would be over 6' in wingspan. The T-6 model we have hanging in our Museum has a 7' wingspan representing 42' in 1/6 scale.
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:51 pm
by YT
My favorite childhood aircraft, I would love to have one.
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:49 pm
by tmanthegreat
I built the Italeri 1:72 scale kit a number of years ago, actually on a commission by a former WWII veteran who was himself a glider pilot. It is still on display at a local military museum
This would be the sort of vehicle that would be fun to load up with troops and cargo. Heck, if PH made it out of lightweight foam, we could have a real glider!
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:51 am
by Warbird Kid
There is a 1/18th scale Waco Glider on display at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT. Maybe someone has a picture of it?
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:14 pm
by granch
Well, I said it would be more simple to make than any other plane, no engine, few nav instruments, but browsing on Google for inside pictures, it seems much more complicated than I thought, a lot of tubes, wires, especially in the opening nose
http://aerotoons.com/blog/2010/06/01/wwii-silent-wings/... you should also have a look on youtube, many fine videos of really nice flying models!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxCS8Z_NNbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHu9gjZNIk
BTW, thank you to have created this topic. I didn't know anything about this glider and you waked my interest.
Re: 1/18th Scale WACO Glider
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:21 pm
by c119box
I found some Jerry Bates plans for a 1/13.5 flying model of the Waco Glider and gave some consideration to scale it down to 1/18. It could be done, with balsa parts cut from the plans and covered with heat shrink fabric. It would be hard to duplicate detail and I'm not a scale builder. I'm not sure how it would look next to my "out of the box" aircraft. I'll put in on my growing "wish list" , right next to my "wish list" C-47. B-25,
Hurricane ......etc.
