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More silver wings - Matchbox Gladiator


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One of a pair I started on Saturday (ok, I know it's an early start)

Going together v nicely, just a bit of filler under the port wing in each case

One will be 87 Sqdn with the green wiggle stripe, as at Hendon, the other yet to be decided

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Who knows,might even finish one...

Pete

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Cool, I was going to have a look around at Cosford for one of these. I remember building one as a kid years ago, about time for another try I think!

The green stripe one sounds good, look forward to seeing the progress...

Like the lego jig! ;)

Karl.

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I agree the jig is a treat. Now I gotta get some Lego's!

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Ted, thanks for the original artwork, very nice.

Painfully slow progress, but at least she's standing on her own legs - might just get a coat of silver on tonight

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So should it it be all one tone, Gladiators appear to be silver all over, rather than bare metal and doped silver?

Also a nice piccy with some interesting artwork, but what's that mounted on the wing - a gun camera, a generator

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Pete

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Potato Pete, is that an original release kit or a later release? I ask because I'd like to obtain a good set of No.73 Squadron markings.

I do have an older set of Matchbox Gladiator decals, but was wondering if any of the later releases had better decals. If you need any extra decals, I do have a spare set of the Revell 1998 re-release that has a nice looking sheet. I can't say what quality the decals are, but Revell's are usually pretty good. The sheet covers a silver machine of No.3 Sq. at Kenley, 1937 and a comouflaged machine of No.112 Sq., Sudan 1940.

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DB,

I've got a couple of sets of the Matchbox 73 Sqdn sets you're welcome to, I won't be using them. They look usable, but the red of the roundel on both sets is slightly out of register - worse on one set than the other. Drop me a pm if you want them.

Pete

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Got some silver on, looking ok but will probably give it another coat

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The only problem so far has been blending the undercarriage legs/fuselage join.

Oh and half the tailplane deciding to fall off.....

And masking the canopy, can't mask canopies for toffee

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Getting there slowly.

Finally got the upper mainplane on.

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It was a bit of a :rant: moment, but I finally realised one of the cabane struts was just a touch too long and once I'd clipped it back a millimetre it went on. There are a few gluely blobs but hopefully they'll clean up. Had a moment of doubt over the weekend - wasn't sure I liked my choice of markings, but with the upper mainplane on, it is beginning to look the part.

Pete

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I know that's a Matchbox kit, but those holes in the wings and tailplanes make the mouldings look a lot like the Heller kit.

Pete, did you pre-drill the rigging holes?

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Guest Drewe
Thought you might like the original art work for that to print out next to the model but don't tell Roy

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regards

You know, when I saw that I blinked and I was back in 1977 spending my weekly pocket money! When Mr Huxley was good, he was jawdroppingly good wasn't he?

And look what I found! :- The Roy Huxley Files

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