Eduardo Soler Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 The Gloster Gladiator MKII of the Swedish volunteers employed in the winter war, wore their camo in green and silver or, as I have read, recently in green and white? . Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 There is a Mushroom Model Publications book on these aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari Lumppio Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hello! Silver camo stripes over the original Swedish green / grey camouflage. Cheers, Kari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Airfrix had this scheme favoured: https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/49951934106/in/dateposted/ modelldoc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Soler Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 I always thought it was silver, and the black and white photos show reflections in the light areas. However, in the profiles of the May 2020 magazine of Scale Aircraft Modeling, it indicates that it is white. (?). Thanks for your clarifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I'd ignore the SAM and paint it silver. I used to think it was white, but that's not what the better references say. The Russians also used silver (actually Aluminium) paint for snow camouflage too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Sorry it's not a colour photo. From SAM: Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf_Filip Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) It was silver paint sprayed on top of standard Swedish camouflage of green and light blue-grey. Note that the preserved Gladiator in the Swedish Air Force museum is painted incorrectly. The split between upper and lower colours should be about halfway up on the fuselage! (The green and light blue-grey camouflage. Not the silver which goes all the way down on the fuselage!) Regards Andreas / Rudolf_Filip Edited June 28, 2020 by Rudolf_Filip 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf_Filip Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 By the way! If you are building a Swedish/Finnish Gladiator this new set from AIMS seems to be quite nice! As far as I know it is available in 1:48 and 1:32 scale. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AIMS48P020?result-token=2OOxX I've ordered a set in 1:48 and I'm looking forward to see if it's as nice as it looks. 🙂 Check out this great collection of photos from the F 19 volunteers. There are quite a few interesting pictures there. https://digitaltmuseum.se/search/?q=J 8&aq=name%3F%3A"647D08F1-AA06-44FA-A58A-9A6265A033B6"&o=0&n=80 Good luck! Andreas / Rudolf_Filip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Rudolf_Filip said: Check out this great collection of photos from the F 19 volunteers. There are quite a few interesting pictures there. https://digitaltmuseum.se/search/?q=J 8&aq=name%3F%3A"647D08F1-AA06-44FA-A58A-9A6265A033B6"&o=0&n=80 Looks good but the page locks up when I try to open it. Most likely as Im on a Cellular not computer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 11:44 AM, Kari Lumppio said: Hello! Silver camo stripes over the original Swedish green / grey camouflage. Cheers, Kari I thought it was vice versa ? Weren't the Swedish planes painted silver then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf_Filip Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 The Swedish Air Force aircraft was camouflaged when WW2 started. I've read somewhere that all but the first five Gladiators were delivered in the green upper and light blue-grey under scheme. Andreas / Rudolf_Filip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 The half green fuselage was fairly typical of export Gladiators. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 23 hours ago, Rudolf_Filip said: By the way! If you are building a Swedish/Finnish Gladiator this new set from AIMS seems to be quite nice! As far as I know it is available in 1:48 and 1:32 scale. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AIMS48P020?result-token=2OOxX I've ordered a set in 1:48 and I'm looking forward to see if it's as nice as it looks. 🙂 Check out this great collection of photos from the F 19 volunteers. There are quite a few interesting pictures there. https://digitaltmuseum.se/search/?q=J 8&aq=name%3F%3A"647D08F1-AA06-44FA-A58A-9A6265A033B6"&o=0&n=80 Good luck! Andreas / Rudolf_Filip Thanks. I like the little saunas they built for the engines: https://dms-cf-09.dimu.org/image/0231xTKgVkmY?filename=FVMF.003796.jpg&dimension=max 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, Torbjorn said: Thanks. I like the little saunas they built for the engines: https://dms-cf-09.dimu.org/image/0231xTKgVkmY?filename=FVMF.003796.jpg&dimension=max This? Your link didn't work. https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017923088/flygplan-gloster-gladiator-star-i-skyddshus-vid-f-19-svenska-frivilligkaren https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017983479/motorbyte-pa-flygplan-gloster-gladiator-i-ett-skyddshus-i-flygplanvarn https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017923082/bygge-av-skyddshus-for-flygplansmotor-vid-f-19-svenska-frivilligkaren-i Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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