BARRAGE BALLOONS.

[eddiesolo]

Hi guys, I have been looking and I cannot find any barrage balloon models or kits. Have any of you plane guys made any from kits or scratch made any?


Si

[PaulTRose]

revell used to do a 1/144 zeppelin,,,,,could that be bodged in to one?

[Snowman]

Si, the first thing that pops into my mind would be paper mache. Remember when we were kids and applied the paper and glue to an inflated balloon?o_O


That should give you a lightweight but durable construct??o_O

[Snowman]

Oooh, and by the way that is a cool idea!!


How are you planning to pull it off? Maybe a bomber fitted with cable cutters.........I sure there was such a thing, wasn't there?o_O

[takeslousyphotos]

Si, the first thing that pops into my mind would be paper mache. Remember when we were kids and applied the paper and glue to an inflated balloon?o_O
That should give you a lightweight but durable construct??o_O

When I were a kid we couldn't afford balloons. Or paper and "Mache" was a real luxury if you could find any int' shops roundabouts where I lived........ Our Arthur brought some "Mache" home for a surprise once. Friday night it were, but we didn't have any paper to use it with. Like I said, we couldn't aford it....... Our Arthur were that dissapointed e was.

[eddiesolo]

Oooh, and by the way that is a cool idea!!
How are you planning to pull it off? Maybe a bomber fitted with cable cutters.........I sure there was such a thing, wasn't there?o_O

There is a bomber with cable cutters, so maybe a balloon sliding along the cutters.

[Snowman]

That sound like inspirational stuff, bub!!

[Robert1968]

Oooh, and by the way that is a cool idea!!
How are you planning to pull it off? Maybe a bomber fitted with cable cutters.........I sure there was such a thing, wasn't there?o_O

Junkers 88a series did this and if I'm not sure model wise think Hasegawa do the kit a d I'm sure Eduard do the upgrade set but not sure of what scale this was ( prob s "48" or "72"


Regards


Robert

[takeslousyphotos]

JU88-A Dragon Kits 1/48 .............. This is the one Trey built and made a damn fine job of it.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/ju88a-6-cable-cutter-1-48-dragon.30650/

[Robert1968]

JU88-A Dragon Kits 1/48 .............. This is the one Trey built and made a damn fine job of it.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/ju88a-6-cable-cutter-1-48-dragon.30650/

Thank you Peter for the correction ( minds not what it used to be )


Robert

[Ian M]

What scale are you looking for...

[eddiesolo]

What scale are you looking for...

Not sure Ian, probably 1/48 scale. But was thinking of maybe a smaller scale for a ship dio.

[takeslousyphotos]

Thank you Peter for the correction ( minds not what it used to be )
Robert

You and me both Robert.