When I saw this special glide for first time, I fell in love. The distinctive aspect of the "hochbein" (long legs) was an immediate motivation to build a model of it. This glider was prepared for pilot training before piloting the Me-321 glider.
Well, the 1/72 DFS230 Huma kit is a must to start the project. Then, wee need electric lead used for rings and a bit more gross wire to do the cradle below the bely of the glider and some plastic scratch to complete the legs.
There are a scarse number of pictures and sketches in the web, but some of them are very useful to calculate a set of proportions of the frame.
The wheels of the kit are useless, because are too big...I used a set of discarded wheels from old kits.
Distance from ground to the belly, in my model is 3.5 cm, representing app. 2,5 meters...very close to real "hochbein" I thing.
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