Gloster Sea Gladiator, Malta WIP
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46 4 December 2021, 14:54
Robert PodkońskiWhat a beautiful picture-story it is! Thanks Alex for sharing the details and secrets of your workbench 😉 Very instructive and inspiring. Watching with pleasure!
4 December 2021, 15:04
Alec KHello 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.
4 December 2021, 15:06
AlexWow, I just finished my airfix gladiator. This is more scratch than model building!
5 December 2021, 07:36
bughunterOh my god, what a project! 👍 I'm in, absolutely in!
I'm very impressed with your special tooling for a clean and accurate build.
8 December 2021, 06:47
Alec KThanks 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!
9 December 2021, 13:58
Gareth WindsorSo, 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.
9 December 2021, 14:14
Oleg SmilykFantastic build, Alec! You have reached museum-level detail. I think it is a very interesting object 👍
9 December 2021, 19:28
Alec KFinal build pics added to the album. Gallery album is here: Gloster Sea Gladiator, Malta, Gallery | Album by Pardubak (1:72). Happy modeling!
12 December 2021, 18:52
Christian BruerHi 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
12 December 2021, 20:15
bughunterAnd 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
12 December 2021, 20:27
David JanuskaNice job, can't believe it is only 1:72. Perfect and nice engine and other details.
12 December 2021, 21:10
Alec KFriends, thanks very much for your comments. Frank, error corrected, thanks for letting me know (yes, it's pdc.ca). Cheers!
12 December 2021, 21:28
Alan KingstonFabulous build. There were three, almost legendary Maltese Gladiators, known as Faith, Hope and Charity, is this one of that trio?
13 December 2021, 19:57
Ludvík KružíkHe doesn't even want to believe that this is a 1/72 scale model. SUPER!!!
13 December 2021, 20:16
Alec KThank 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!
13 December 2021, 23:07
Björn SvedbergI thoroughly enjoyed reading this build log of your amazing build! Top job!! 👍 👍
12 January 2022, 08:12
gorbyAbsolutely 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.
20 February 2022, 15:34
Alec KGorby, you damn flatterer you! I shall only add: gorby = master of scratched monstrosities. 😄 😄 😄 (I know you like THAT emoji... 😉 )
20 February 2022, 17:24
bughunterAlec, not only that! gorby is also the master of wonderful comments on Scalemates! His writings make me smile very often 👍
20 February 2022, 18:11
Album info
Only after putting this WIP album together (it was done few months after the project was finished) did I realize how many problems/blunders I had made. So, to call it a "relaxing build" would not be accurate. But, it is the most ambitious build for me so far and I did learn a lot.
Regarding references: the one book I wish I had when I started is the Kagero Monograph No.65 "Gloster Gladiator Mk I and II And Sea Gladiator". It has excellent detail renderings of the interior structures, a key item to have when trying something like this. For the modeler, it's probably the best source out there today.
Some online resources on the restored aircraft:
walkaround.rajce.idn..ter_Gladiator_Mk.II/
forum.largescaleplan..adiator-restoration/
largescaleplanes.com/walkaround/wk.php?wid=38
britmodeller.com/for..8-gloster-gladiator/
facebook.com/AIMS-12..776/2818463184872212
Here is a link to the completed model pics: Gloster Sea Gladiator, Malta, Gallery | Album by Pardubak (1:72)
