Dunny Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, AliGauld said: Jings, you're cracking on with this Roger, It looks pretty phenomenal so far. As Chris said it's all making want to dig mine out. Good job that man. Cheers, Alistair Thanks very much Alistair. Everyone should immediately dig theirs out - it's one of the best kits I've built in a long time! Cheers, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Dunny said: Everyone should immediately dig theirs out I was seriously tempted but my care package from Prague has landed in the UK so I may be a little distracted with the "Floaty Thing" Cheers, Alistair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 48 minutes ago, AliGauld said: care package from Prague has landed in the UK Ooh - a mystery. Do tell!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dunny said: Ooh - a mystery. Do tell!! No mystery it's my Sunderland decals and the three other kits I ordered at the same time. Cheers, Alistair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Looking good, you are doing a fine job, one day I will get around to building mine but I keep getting distracted by other builds. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 21 hours ago, Dunny said: Beer held CC. I can hear the elves packing up 3 Glads at your LHS 2 are already in my attic 21 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: He will have to distract Mrs CC again to sneak them in!!! Get that book of raffle tickets ready and he can say look what I won !!! May just work You certainly will like the ICM kits CC. A Roden and a Lindberg one.... Pretty funny it will be raffle ticket... Mmmmmh why not.... Ordering paints from the Big H is also an option.... Sneaky CC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 8 hours ago, AliGauld said: No mystery it's my Sunderland decals and the three other kits I ordered at the same time. Cheers, Alistair You'll be giving @corsaircorp ideas Alistair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: You'll be giving @corsaircorp ideas Alistair Now look, you both are doing so !! I feel eager to go in the attic, picking up my Glads.... I can resist anything but temptations.... 0kay, I admit it ... Weird ideas too..... CC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 6 hours ago, spitfire said: Looking good, you are doing a fine job, one day I will get around to building mine but I keep getting distracted by other builds. Cheers Dennis Thanks very much Dennis - I can certainly highly recommend the kit! Cheefs, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Excellent work on the Gladiator, Roger! I have ICM's little Polikarpovs in 1/32nd scale, the I-153 and I-16 and they certainly look very nice. I suppose I will have to buy this kit now seeing how nice it is and seeing how the Gladiator is one of my favourite aeroplanes. Regards, Jason Edited July 4, 2022 by Learstang 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 42 minutes ago, Learstang said: Excellent work on the Gladiator, Roger! I have ICM's little Polikarpovs in 1/32nd scale, the I-153 and I-16 and they certainly look very nice. I suppose I will have to buy this kit now seeing how nice it is and seeing how the Gladiator is one of my favourite aeroplanes. Regards, Jason Thanks very much Jason! If the Polikarpovs are anywhere near as nice as the Glad you have a treat ahead! Cheers, Roger 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Can attest that ICM's Polikarpovs are a joy to build !! Built two I-16s, wheels and skis and the I-153, and they're just as nice kits as the Sea Gladiator that I've also built. The Gladiator awaits in the stash........... Rog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Well, it looks like I picked the wrong week to quit making Polikarpovs... Regards, Jason 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Learstang said: Well, it looks like I picked the wrong week to quit making Polikarpovs... Regards, Jason I've stopped to stop thing since that movie..... CC 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, corsaircorp said: I've stopped to stop thing since that movie.... The burning question is, CC, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Probably more comfortable than @Martian's Naughty Corner........... I don't think ! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Dunny said: The burning question is, CC, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? Why, have you? Curious of Mars 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Dunny said: The burning question is, CC, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? I haven't, but I do like gladiator movies. Regards, Jason 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 13 hours ago, Dunny said: The burning question is, CC, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? Did'nt put a foot in Turkey, Mmmmmh Would I dare to ask my son's wife about that ???? Probably not.... 11 hours ago, roginoz said: Probably more comfortable than @Martian's Naughty Corner........... I don't think ! Today, I run the naughty corner.... It is definitely not useful to protect your six up there.... Just pray for your liver.... 7 hours ago, Martian said: Why, have you? Curious of Mars And our Dear Alien win the point on this one !! Well played.... 4 hours ago, Learstang said: I haven't, but I do like gladiator movies. Regards, Jason And Gladiator Threads !!! CC 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Glad this one caught my eye. You’re doing a splendid job. I do have the rodan 1/48 Gladiator but reading this earlier. On 01/06/2022 at 05:46, Grey Beema said: Hi Roger, I think I’ll sit in on this one too, if I may?. I built the Roden 1/48 Sea Gladiator a few years back. A bit of a mojo sapper but I got it done. Hope yours goes much better than mine.. So maybe I’ll need to look into GBs build to see what I have in store. the office looks lovely, just the right amount of weathering and the seat belts look great at 1/32. I’ll tag along for the ride of I may. Johnny. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: I’ll tag along for the ride of I may. Welcome aboard sir! I have not built many kits recently where the fit and engineering are so good - it has been an absolute pleasure to date. Highly recommended - life's too short for mojo sappers! Cheers, Roger 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Hi All, Some strong progress on the Glad today! I've been positively frothing all week about getting on with this complex paint job, so when my youngest daughter tested positive for the spicy sneeze this morning, thus banjaxing an otherwise busy weekend, I did a secret little happy dance (am I a bad man? Said daughter is only showing mild symptoms, BTW ). The first job for the day was separating the struts from the sprues and labelling them with the appropriate paint colour: Most organised of me, thought I! (Note the Dunny patented small part spraying jig ). Next I preshaded the white areas with my now favoured EDSG (as discovered on the Sunderland build): Actually one of my neater preshading efforts! Here's the upper wing completed, with the main undersides part way through: The finished effect is quite pleasing. Once that had dried for an indecently short period of time I masked up for the NATO Black: I then preshaded the rest of the airframe with said black, before mist coating both upper & lower port wings with the same. I did my usual trick of adding some interior grey green to the NATO Black for highlights - here's the result: As usual, the effect looks far more pronounced in the photos - it is actually quite subtle to the naked eye. I'd also been organised and sprayed the propeller tips yellow, so could finish that off in black (including the highlight shade): That moulding really is a thing of beauty - that's not just a propeller, it's an airscrew! I then masked over the black, including the non-slip steps on both wings: If you've seen earlier posts you may recall that I'd elected to go with a 'home brew' Light Earth, using a 50:50 mix of Dark Earth and Mid-Stone. Here's the result: Very pleasing effect, but you'll have to be patient to see the contrast with the Dark Earth. What's that? You can't wait? Well, as it happens neither could I so I duly sprayed the upper wing with DE: I rather like that contrast. Next I masked up for the Light Green: The LG (or RLM82 - Mr Hobby) was semi-gloss, but no problem. Here's the situation following unmasking: Again, I couldn't wait to see the LG/DG contrast, so I masked up the upper wing with almost indecent haste. The Tamiya XF81 was laid down (beautiful as usual), with the result: I do like the contrasting yet complementary colours. It was rather odd spraying the LG - is dissonant the right word? All looks good now though. Next it was on to the 'dark' phase on the airframe, so masking was applied over the 'light' camo: Aaand with the DE applied: I neglected to take a photo with the blutac sausages applied for the DG, so here's the result after unmasking: There's a couple of minor errors that need fixing, but the overall effect is rather spiffing! Here's a couple more shots just to show the contrast between the 'light' and 'dark' camouflages: I'm quite pleased with the way those colours work together. The final job for the day was removing the masking for the undersides: You can see that a couple of small areas have lifted, so those will need fixing up. To be fair, this has been a very complex masking job so if that's the worst that's happened I'm not complaining! There's also a couple of small bleeds that need fixing, but I'm pretty happy with the overall look! Thanks for looking, Roger 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenCJ Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Excellent work Dunny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 15 minutes ago, StephenCJ said: Excellent work Dunny Thanks very much Stephen! Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Jings, you have been busy. Fantastic work. Hope you steer clear of the lurgy and the your lassie comes through it soon. Cheers, Alistair 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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