Wegener Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Looks excellent. On the last pic, just forward of the ribbed part, is there a sink mark in that circular part with the bar on it? If so, might be worth attention before you get the sticky out bits fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 31 minutes ago, Wegener said: Looks excellent. On the last pic, just forward of the ribbed part, is there a sink mark in that circular part with the bar on it? If so, might be worth attention before you get the sticky out bits fitted. Aah yes, the oil filler cap. You’re right, there’s a sink mark there but I think I’ll let it be. I can be anal/retentive about many things but not about EVERY thing! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It’s NOT a sink mark, some oaf of an erk dented it!! Biggles87 and quang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 So down to the paint shop we went. In the past I've had many mishaps with primers and stripping paint coats. After some soul-searching, I found out that the Tamiya Silver lacquer paint in spray can works best for me. Used as an undercoat, it acts as a fine primer, tough, reliable and forgiving. So I decanted the faithful TS-30 Silver Leaf from the can into my airbrush and started spraying. It went on smoothly. Too smoothly in fact. Because I went on to discover that the kit looks absolutely gorgeous under a silver paint coat. So much that it would be a crime to cover all these fantastic details with the drab green of the Belgian version. So presto, CHANGE OF DIRECTION. My Gladiator will be finished in RAF interwar livery. Hi-ho Silver! Here are the results of the first painting session. Notice the subtle difference between the metal paneling and the canvas texture Under-Wing/fuselage join Wing root Stab join Now it's time to choose a nice livery for the silver bird. All comments and questions are welcome as usual. Cheerio, Quang Trak-Tor, TorbenD, Uncarina and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 She's looking VERY smart Quang, and I think you've made the right decision about keeping her silver, so charismatic in many of the interwar schemes available. It looks as though your fuselage to wing fit was as good as mine, perfect to the fraction of a mm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 SMART is the word, Max. I don't know if it's been mentioned before but there's a subtle variation in the texture of the plastic to differenciate the metal from the canvas. You can't see it until you lay the first coat of silver paint on. mozart, Kagemusha, Chek and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 superb progress Quang jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 So inspiring, I’m itching to start mine! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 11 hours ago, quang said: SMART is the word, Max. I don't know if it's been mentioned before but there's a subtle variation in the texture of the plastic to differenciate the metal from the canvas. You can't see it until you lay the first coat of silver paint on. Lovely work Quang, really enjoying seeing your progress on this build and also nice to see you are going to build a silver finished Gladiator too. You might be aware of this already but full size aircraft are not covered in ‘canvas’ as the material is too heavy for aeronautical purposes and the weave not resilient enough. The fabric used during WW2 was ‘Irish Linen ’ but of course modern contemporary aircraft are finished in more modern fabrics developed for the aviation industry. Keep up the good work to the finish line. P-t Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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quang Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Uncarina said: So inspiring, I’m itching to start mine! Cheers, Tom Thank you Tom. Have you received yours yet? 4 hours ago, Palm-tree said: You might be aware of this already but full size aircraft are not covered in ‘canvas’ as the material is too heavy for aeronautical purposes and the weave not resilient enough. The fabric used during WW2 was ‘Irish Linen ’ but of course modern contemporary aircraft are finished in more modern fabrics developed for the aviation industry. You’re right, of course. From whence I came (the 1960s), it was ‘canvas’ vs ‘metal’, natural metal was ‘silver’, national insignia was ‘roundels’, decals was ‘stickers’, Elvis was ‘King’ ... 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Edited January 12, 2020 by quang MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Niiiiice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Looks great, it's certainly good that you and Max are paving the way for me (and others) as I am another biplane novice. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) FLYING COLOURS ! Time to choose a livery for the Glad. I opted for No. 72 Squadron (RAF) in 1937. No. 72 was the first RAF squadron to receive the Gladiators. It's well-documented in Tom Docherty's Swift To Battle: 1937-1942 The plane I chose is K6140, one of the options included in the ICM kit. I only had to add the blue/red fuselage and wing bands. Masking for the squadron colours. On the following pics, my first attempts at the fuselage bands were wrong and are being corrected with new masks The larger red bands were painted first, then masked and the blue band added. After studying the period photographs, I painted the empennage blue denoting the leading aircraft of 'C' Flight. Note the bare replacement panels forward of the roundel. Decals on I've been warned about the ICM decals being VERY thin and prone to folding over themselves. The roundels went OK but no such luck with the port fuselage serial Hopefully a kind forumer who has a spare unused decal will come to the rescue. I'd leave it at that for the time being. Comments and questions are welcome as usual. Cheers, Quang Edited January 19, 2020 by quang Jan_G, Biggles87, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Whoops, that's why I'm not partial to decals, apart from that it's looking splendid. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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