DFS 230 Glider

jagdpanther abteilung · 06-15-2011, 04:14 AM

Hi again everyone. During this nice weather I finally got a chance to take some pics of my DFS 230 glider which I made during the winter months. The glider is completely made from Styrene. For the cockpit instruments I photocopied the real ones and reduced them to 1/6th scale. The MG15 is from Dragon.

Germanbilly1 · 06-15-2011, 04:51 AM

I like that, it sure would look good with the Storch. The dio looks great. More luftwaffe!!
GB

Will1/6 · 06-15-2011, 05:33 AM

The dio looks good nice job!!!

TBowman · 06-15-2011, 05:38 AM

Outstanding!

Great subject and excellent job on glider, FJs and photos.

Kind regards
Tim

ActionMan · 06-15-2011, 08:18 AM

Outstanding! Great glider, and great FJ's - I really like your choice of HS.

viaad · 06-15-2011, 08:42 AM

Your glider looks awesome! Nice set up and great sculpts that you used!

pangaloss · 06-15-2011, 10:35 AM

A really impressive set up. The glider is great, the troops are perfect and posed really well. Scratch building, non static outdoors dios, all the fun parts of this hobby.
cheers
Tim

Hammer Six · 06-15-2011, 10:55 AM

Great build on the DSF. Awesome instrument panel.

The dio is outstanding!

Squidley · 06-15-2011, 11:51 AM

Excellent build, and a great group of FJs!

Heeresbergführer · 06-15-2011, 12:24 PM

Great stuff! The DFS 230 is one of my favorite aircraft. Do you have more photos of the glider? Wingspan must be huge in 1/6th scale.

Horrido!

Patrick

panzeriv · 06-15-2011, 01:28 PM

That is really cool. Great idea for a project. The figures look really good as well.
Thanks for sharing your work.

Scott

jagdpanther abteilung · 06-15-2011, 04:00 PM

Thank you for your kind comments however, I do not have other pics of the glider. What you see here in this Dio looks like a full DFS 230 . I only built 70% of the aircraft. There is no tail section and 40% of the wings are not there. I only built enough of the craft so that I could use it in a diorama. In 1/6th scale the wing span would be over nine feet long making it very hard to store. In the future I might build the rest of the Glider.

Prof. Sakai · 06-15-2011, 07:29 PM

I had a question if you made tail and full wing or not. And I thought Canadian home was bigger than my home.

vehicle · 06-15-2011, 08:57 PM

very nicely done and a new subject

vehicle

jbcat · 06-15-2011, 10:02 PM

Great work on that glider and nice figures and dio

Heeresbergführer · 06-15-2011, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jagdpanther abteilung

Thank you for your kind comments however, I do not have other pics of the glider. What you see here in this Dio looks like a full DFS 230 . I only built 70% of the aircraft. There is no tail section and 40% of the wings are not there. I only built enough of the craft so that I could use it in a diorama. In 1/6th scale the wing span would be over nine feet long making it very hard to store. In the future I might build the rest of the Glider.

Ah...great stuff even at 70%!!!! Where did you get plans for the DFS?

Panzercommander HOH · 06-16-2011, 12:40 AM

Amazing Dave! Fantastic job!

Your photos are superb! I love the shots and angles of the FJs getting out of the glider. Makes me want to get back into Cretan FJs again!

Fred

he219u · 06-16-2011, 03:27 AM

Amazing - would like to have the glider ,too

toychest · 06-19-2011, 01:14 AM

I agree Amazing !!! great figures and set up

ArtDamage · 06-19-2011, 01:58 AM

Not sure if its accurate but if I had it I would definitely be setting up a Gran sasso raid! Great dio and figures!

Hammer's Africaners · 06-19-2011, 03:05 PM

That's fantastic, great build of the gilder, the troops are well done, a great use of different head sculpts..........Hammer

06-15-2011, 04:14 AM	#1
jagdpanther abteilung Rifleman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 77	DFS 230 Glider Hi again everyone. During this nice weather I finally got a chance to take some pics of my DFS 230 glider which I made during the winter months. The glider is completely made from Styrene. For the cockpit instruments I photocopied the real ones and reduced them to 1/6th scale. The MG15 is from Dragon.

06-15-2011, 04:51 AM	#2
Germanbilly1 Brigade Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Desert ,CA Posts: 3,198 Images: 12	Re: DFS 230 Glider I like that, it sure would look good with the Storch. The dio looks great. More luftwaffe!! GB __________________ Meine Ehre heisst Treue!

06-15-2011, 05:33 AM	#3
Will1/6 Tanker Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: so cal Posts: 461 Images: 6	Re: DFS 230 Glider The dio looks good nice job!!!

06-15-2011, 05:38 AM	#4
TBowman Company Commander Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,134 Images: 9	Re: DFS 230 Glider Outstanding! Great subject and excellent job on glider, FJs and photos. Kind regards Tim __________________ "Mein Gott, es ist die invasion!" Major Werner Pluskat, Normandy France, Omaha Beach June 6th 1944

06-15-2011, 08:18 AM	#5
ActionMan Battalion Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Territories, Hong Kong Posts: 1,641	Re: DFS 230 Glider Outstanding! Great glider, and great FJ's - I really like your choice of HS. __________________ "The term 'hero' is overused in contemporary commentary; take a moment to reflect on Private Martin Bell". Lt. Col. Andrew Harrison, Officer Commanding, 2 Para

06-15-2011, 08:42 AM	#6
viaad Brigade Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kailua, HI Posts: 3,052 Images: 6	Re: DFS 230 Glider Your glider looks awesome! Nice set up and great sculpts that you used! __________________ Alfonso Get a hobby and relax!

06-15-2011, 10:35 AM	#7
pangaloss Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,610	Re: DFS 230 Glider A really impressive set up. The glider is great, the troops are perfect and posed really well. Scratch building, non static outdoors dios, all the fun parts of this hobby. cheers Tim __________________ It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

06-15-2011, 10:55 AM	#8
Hammer Six Company Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maineville OH Posts: 968 Images: 1	Re: DFS 230 Glider Great build on the DSF. Awesome instrument panel. The dio is outstanding! __________________ Dick Queen of Battle "Follow Me" Sixth Scale Collectors Club-Cincinnati OH ut *morte* *tyranni*

06-15-2011, 11:51 AM	#9
Squidley Company Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ridgefield CT Posts: 1,116 Images: 42	Re: DFS 230 Glider Excellent build, and a great group of FJs! __________________ The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. WSC

06-15-2011, 12:24 PM	#10
Heeresbergführer Company Commander Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In the Mountains of Life Posts: 708	Re: DFS 230 Glider Great stuff! The DFS 230 is one of my favorite aircraft. Do you have more photos of the glider? Wingspan must be huge in 1/6th scale. Horrido! Patrick __________________ Heeresbergführer www.gebirgsjaeger.4mg.com

06-15-2011, 01:28 PM	#11
panzeriv Platoon Leader Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 592	Re: DFS 230 Glider That is really cool. Great idea for a project. The figures look really good as well. Thanks for sharing your work. Scott __________________ If you like early war stuff, check out my webpage. onesixth 2nd PD

06-15-2011, 04:00 PM	#12
jagdpanther abteilung Rifleman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 77	Re: DFS 230 Glider Thank you for your kind comments however, I do not have other pics of the glider. What you see here in this Dio looks like a full DFS 230 . I only built 70% of the aircraft. There is no tail section and 40% of the wings are not there. I only built enough of the craft so that I could use it in a diorama. In 1/6th scale the wing span would be over nine feet long making it very hard to store. In the future I might build the rest of the Glider.

06-15-2011, 07:29 PM	#13
Prof. Sakai Company Commander Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Great Japanese Empire Posts: 879	Re: DFS 230 Glider I had a question if you made tail and full wing or not. And I thought Canadian home was bigger than my home. __________________ Prof. Sakai

06-15-2011, 08:57 PM	#14
vehicle Company Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 720	Re: DFS 230 Glider very nicely done and a new subject vehicle

06-15-2011, 10:02 PM	#15
jbcat Company Commander Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Granollers. Catalonia Posts: 1,152	Re: DFS 230 Glider Great work on that glider and nice figures and dio __________________ Jordi Member of http://www.accionunoseis.org

06-16-2011, 12:40 AM	#17
Panzercommander HOH Battalion Commander Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 2,128	Re: DFS 230 Glider Amazing Dave! Fantastic job! Your photos are superb! I love the shots and angles of the FJs getting out of the glider. Makes me want to get back into Cretan FJs again! Fred __________________ Sixth Scale Collectors Club - Cincinnati, Ohio The SSCC on Facebook

06-16-2011, 03:27 AM	#18
he219u Machine Gunner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: austria-europe Posts: 211	Re: DFS 230 Glider Amazing - would like to have the glider ,too

06-19-2011, 01:14 AM	#19
toychest Mortarman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bowdon GA Posts: 382	Re: DFS 230 Glider I agree Amazing !!! great figures and set up __________________ Thanks cory www.toychestandcollectibles.com

06-19-2011, 01:58 AM	#20
ArtDamage Sniper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 109	Re: DFS 230 Glider Not sure if its accurate but if I had it I would definitely be setting up a Gran sasso raid! Great dio and figures!

06-19-2011, 03:05 PM	#21
Hammer's Africaners First Sergeant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the middle of New Mexico Posts: 2,547	Re: DFS 230 Glider That's fantastic, great build of the gilder, the troops are well done, a great use of different head sculpts..........Hammer __________________ Got to love those Africaners

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