IPMS19 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 -It is a true beauty and it is not yet finished. -I envy the quality of your photos equally......I cannot blame my trusty digital camera, but as we used to say in the army :There are no bad guns only bad soldiers...... -Bravo mon ami.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Thank you JM. To be honest, though I have a good digital camera I now take all my photos with my ipad. If they are a bit dark I adjust the light…..et voila, tous va bien! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahavelona Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 This is a stunning build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Thank you for your comment, it’s much appreciated. The Silver Wings kit is excellent and the build very rewarding….nit far to completion now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Looks flippin awesome Max , what a cracking model. You've done a great job. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Thanks Chris, it’s been a fulfilling build….just need to get it over the line now! Looks neat alongside the Gladiator though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Had a really busy, and tiring, week so not a lot of time nor motivation for modelling, but I'm starting on the detail work to get the Gauntlet finished. My focus yesterday was on the pitot head. Silver Wings provide a PE one in two parts which isn't very convincing nor easy to install, so I decided to make my own, carving it from an old resin casting block (does anybody else save these or just me?? ). Anyway, investigation time of course first. This picture shows the pitot head quite well, but also something else: The bead sight is sited in a cut-away on the upper cowling, something else to whittle away! This is a detail from the crashed Gauntlet, image "inverted the right way up" and showing a slightly different design to the top one. I presume the associated pipework (which on the Tiger Moth runs down the front of the strut) runs inside the hollow struts so that makes life easy(er). I've carved the head like the lower one so that it fits snugly against the strut but I've yet to add the two "prongs".....photo when it's finished which probably won't be for a few days...more busy-ness.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 - The Gladiator mast solve this problem.. One less problem ...I have one spare in W.M but this won'T help you, t s too late to replace the whole mast... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 😁 it’s no problem JM, I enjoy whittling away at resin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Great research, I'm looking forward to seeing it bear fruit. Hope you find some time over the weekend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 30 minutes ago, RichieW said: Great research, I'm looking forward to seeing it bear fruit. Hope you find some time over the weekend! I wish too Richie but I fear it may be Monday….might grab a wee while tomorrow depending on what time I get back home, but I don’t want to rush it and c*ck it up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, galgos said: but I don’t want to rush it and c*ck it up! Amen to that! Something I am often very guilty of! 😔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Busy bench getting two iconic 1930s fighters finished: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 - These machines of the thirties were really attractive, you've capture perfectly their like no other lines, very well done Max. -I've noticed the ring & bead sight arrangemement on the Hind (Fury?) look similar to the one on the gauntlet; You may have noticed I'm not very proficient at machines of before WW II years ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yes indeed JM, it is a Fury with exactly the same Aldis sight plus ring and bead arrangement. Just the aerial to do on the Gauntlet then it’s done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 - One of the good things of this post is that it made me do some research about Hawker aircraft of the thirties and I've discovered the Hind was a two seater. I will have probably the made the same mistake with French aircrafts of this period. -II will go to bed less stupid tonight........ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 The build's very nearly finished (tomorrow hopefully) but you can never have too many Gauntlet photos! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 -Thank you Max for these very interesting photos. My attention was drawn by the openning of the cowling which looks wider than the one on the Gladiator. could it be another "small" modification to do on my Gaunt-tor ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, IPMS19 said: -Thank you Max for these very interesting photos. My attention was drawn by the openning of the cowling which looks wider than the one on the Gladiator. could it be another "small" modification to do on my Gaunt-tor ? Could be JM, I’ll measure the two models just for fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, galgos said: Could be JM, I’ll measure the two models just for fun! - It is the look of the general shape cowling which trigger me.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Done. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Looks absolutely stunning Max,great work on this beauty. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 - Great way to honnor the man on the photo Max..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thanks JM, he’s always with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 What a beauty. Gorgeous work. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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