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Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator Mk.1


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I decided to have a pop at building a biplane, as I had never built one before. For some reason I ended up with 4 Gloster Gladiators in the stash thanks to last years Home Bargains Airfix deals.

I had also never done any rigging before and this was a perfect kit for giving it a go as the Airfix instructions include a rigging diagram and the parts have indentations for the 'wires'.

I chose to drill these out and use fishing line for the wires, superglued in place and trimmed back with a sharp scalpel.

 

I also chose to give the Hataka acrylic silver a try. I was pleasantly surprised with the results.

 

I got round to finishing it this morning and decided to do it as the one from the Shuttleworth Collection in the markings of 73 Sqn, Hendon Air Pageant 1937.

 

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Very nice. Great work on the rigging. I've never rigged a bi-plane either and end up in cold sweat just adding a single aerial wire to  model ;)

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I just tried to build one of these nice little kits in an early BoB finish. 

And I chickened out on the rigging, so it looks naked, and no where near your standard of finish.

Bravo.

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