Robert Podkoński
What a beautiful picture-story it is! Thanks Alex for sharing the details and secrets of your workbench 😉 Very instructive and inspiring. Watching with pleasure!

Alec K Author
Hello Robert! Thanks for you encouraging words. This is a project I completed this past summer but did not get around to documenting until recently. I will add another batch of pics to the WIP once done.

Robert Podkoński
So, is it completed now? WOW! More photos, please!

Alex K
Oh my, oh my... WOW (bis)!

Alec K Author
Working on it 🙂

David Taylor
wow.

Moreno Baruffini
WOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrea Brenco
marvellous!!!

Alex
Wow, I just finished my airfix gladiator. This is more scratch than model building!

Marek Nagy
Superb 👍

Andrea Brenco
....and don't forget the two monkeys!!!

bughunter
Oh my god, what a project! 👍 I'm in, absolutely in!
I'm very impressed with your special tooling for a clean and accurate build.

Łukasz Gliński
I feel like I missed this pure scale modelling p*rn 😉

Jakub Fiala
Excellent detailing, Alec! I'm allways injoying your builds 👍

Alec K Author
Thanks for the positive comments gents, and welcome to my sh*t show. This was in a way a tough build, starting with a recent discovery that I screwed up the paint scheme. Oh well... More pics from the paint sessions uploaded. Cheers!

Gareth Windsor
So, where to start Alec? A wonderful build so far and great to see your process. I don't think I will get to this level of detail, but models like yourself inspire me to do better and have a go at making those extra little bits. Really looking forward to seeing the end result, going to be a stunner I think.

Oleg Smilyk
Fantastic build, Alec! You have reached museum-level detail. I think it is a very interesting object 👍

Alec K Author
Thanks guys for the praise! More pics to follow soon(ish) 🙂

Lochsa River
Fabulous.... spent some time taking in your detail work...nice

Alec K Author
Final build pics added to the album. Gallery album is here: Gloster Sea Gladiator, Malta, Gallery | Album by Pardubak (1:72). Happy modeling!

David Taylor
If Bughunter is praising you us mere mortals are defo in awe.

Christian Bruer
Hi Alec, I just stepped into this amazing project. Excellent scratch built, paintwork etc. I really love it. Thx for sharing it with all the detailed information.

Happy Modelling, Christian

bughunter
And yes, I will do it again! You showed a great build, nice tricks and great fixes fro problems - pure fun to watch!
Also very cool that you own a lathe now 👍 Only one remark: on page 81 you showed a domain, but this was totally different stuff. it must be pdc.ca instead of .com

David Januska
Nice job, can't believe it is only 1:72. Perfect and nice engine and other details.

Alec K Author
Friends, thanks very much for your comments. Frank, error corrected, thanks for letting me know (yes, it's pdc.ca). Cheers!

Alan Kingston
Fabulous build. There were three, almost legendary Maltese Gladiators, known as Faith, Hope and Charity, is this one of that trio?

Ludvík Kružík
He doesn't even want to believe that this is a 1/72 scale model. SUPER!!!

Bas Tonn
this is a compleet modeling book written for one aircraft !!

Spanjaard
how could i miss this beauty before.... what a fine job. amazing.

Alec K Author
Thank you all for kind comments and for reading my dry build musings. It does wonders with my modeling mojo 👍 🙂

Alan - yes, the subject of my project is one of the Gladiators later popularly known as "Faith, Hope and Charity". My understanding it that the "Faith, Hope and Charity" labels did not correspond to specific machines (there were actually four operational Gladiators in those early Malta defense days, not three). The N5519 is one of those initial four. Cheers!

Alan Kingston
Thanks.

Neuling
Stunning. Great.

Oleg Smilyk
Great build!Nice one Alec!👍

Mark K
Lovely!

Björn Svedberg
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this build log of your amazing build! Top job!! 👍 👍

gorby
Absolutely gobsmacked! Surely that can't be possible – I'm pleased with myself if I drill a hole in the end of a gun barrel. 😄
Bughunter = master of 1/48 WWI aircraft.
Zsolt = master of 1/72 vehicles.
Alec = master of 1/72 aircraft. And well deserved.

Alec K Author
Gorby, you damn flatterer you! I shall only add: gorby = master of scratched monstrosities. 😄 😄 😄 (I know you like THAT emoji... 😉 )

gorby
😄 😄 😄
(There they are again!) 😉

Dietmar Bogatzki
Amazing build, top job 👍

bughunter
Alec, not only that! gorby is also the master of wonderful comments on Scalemates! His writings make me smile very often 👍

Spanjaard
He is a poet!

Alec K Author
That he is 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Awesome! 👏👏👏👏

Finn
Amazing!

Ludvík Kružík
I'm going to repeat what many have written here, but I can't help it. 😉
Fantastic build from start to finish. For me also because it is a 1/72 scale model. 👍 👍 👍
I bow deeply.

Transall NG
That's the way i like models... 🙂
Thank you for this excellent moment !
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Matti Thomaes
Amazing work, espesially in this scale.

Mark
A masterclass.

Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍