mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Hans said: Max, does the drawing in the On silver wings book by Lumsden et al. have info on the Mk. 1 wheel spats? I also, like Tnarg, want to do the Danish Mk. 1 and with the spats it looks quite different. On the Gauntlet fuselage: If you remove about one centimetre of the fuselage halves of the Gladiator kit, just behind the metal part, that is from the linen covered rear fuselage, and put these together again, I think you'll end up with quite a decent basis for a Gauntlet. The Gladiator had a longer fuselage. The book has several pictures of Gauntlets with spats Hans, but if you can get MMP Books Gloster Gauntlet (Orange series 1) by Alex Crawford there are colour schemes of two Danish Gauntlets, though neither with spats, and also some scale drawings including spatted aircraft. Excellent little book for the Gauntlet aficionado! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Thanks Max, I already have the MMP book and the Scale Aviation Modeller International september 2003 issue with the article and drawings on the Gauntlet by Richard Caruna and I am thinking about aquiring the Lumsden book. In my opinion, you can never have enough documentation... As for the spats, they appear to have a metal cover for the wheels that is fitted with screws on the outside , but from photo's I have seen and the drawing in the MMP book it is difficult to get the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I see what you mean, looks like 7 fixings to me: scvrobeson and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Thank you very much, Max, that is exactly whatI was looking for. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Couple more, what a handsome aeroplane! Out2gtcha and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Great shots, Max! mozart and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 So how are you going to do yours Hans, from scratch or adapting the ICM Gladiator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I am going to use the ICM Gladiator, Max, as I think it is the easiest route. Shortening the fuselage, modifying the wings to serve as hulks for new skins à la Woodman and using the (modified) kits' engine. I think I will start an "in progress" in a few weeks time after I have completed another project. As you said, it is such a handsome aeroplane. Tnarg and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Excellent! If you haven’t got it yet I can highly recommend the AIMS cockpit photo etch set, 32PE012. Mine’s ready and waiting........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I'll look into it, Max. Thanks for the pointer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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