Fanes Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Max - since I wasn't a 100% happy with the Quinta Belts on my Buecker: May I suggest a set from Airscale? http://www.airscale.co.uk/store.html#!/1-32-RAF-QK-Sutton-Harness/p/449971522/category=129480004 Or would this be too modern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Too modern I think Joachim, I had looked at Peter’s stuff but he’s not yet doing the basic Sutton belts that I suspect were used, simple straightforward ones like were used in the Tiger Moth. I stand to be corrected but that’s the style I’m aiming for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Hi Max, nice start. I did the same as you and bought the AIMS Gladiator sets (including their Mercury engine) and also the One Man Army Gladiator stensils. The AIMS engine is much more detailed than the kit one, and fits inside the kit cowling perfectly. Regards, Pete in RI mozart and Fanes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, europapete said: Hi Max, nice start. I did the same as you and bought the AIMS Gladiator sets (including their Mercury engine) and also the One Man Army Gladiator stensils. The AIMS engine is much more detailed than the kit one, and fits inside the kit cowling perfectly. Regards, Pete in RI Thanks Pete, didn't know about the AIMS engine, must have a look! Have you made your Gauntlet yet, or started it? Hmmm, impressive! Illustrates perfectly the exhaust pipe/collector ring junctions. Edited August 15, 2022 by mozart europapete, Sasha As, Landrotten Highlander and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Lovely work, Max! Coming along nicely. Kev mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Nice project Max and looks very interesting, I have an ICM Gladiator to build and have the AIMS sets for it, the brass is lovely as your seat says and the engine is very nicely cast also. Following your progress with interest as always. Regards. Andy mozart and europapete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Hi Max, no not started the Gauntlet yet, but am doing the ICM Gladiator with all the trimmings. The Gauntlet may be next unless I get back on the HMS Hood. mozart and Fanes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Mainly a day of gathering information today, three key points learned. Firstly about the only (certainly flying) Gauntlet in the world in Finland, albeit not with the "proper" Mercury engine. I watched 28 minutes of an in cockpit flying display of this aircraft, and right at the end as the pilot got out of the plane I managed to grab this screen-shot: So much information in this picture, with the obvious caveat of course that this is a machine flying 80 years after the RAF ones, but the AIMS seat design is confirmed and that interesting apparently leather "handle?" on the port side of the seat. Also the "handbrake" on the starboard side. Other cockpit shots: Quite a bit of modern equipment in there, I need to sort out what is and what isn't! Which leads on to the next point, a drawing from AP1487 which is the manual for the Gauntlet: Two factors interest me with this drawing: firstly the large "loopy" seat belt in the cockpit which goes back into the rear fuselage which suggests it's very much like those on the Gladiator....and why shouldn't it be.....and what I'm taking to be a trim wheel which oddly isn't numbered despite there being a leader line going to it. This drawing was from "On Golden Wings" - I copied it, cleaned it up a bit and pasted it into "Pages" to optimise the size, but when I put the Silver Wings fuselage half on top of it: Hats off to Silver Wings for accuracy, spot on!! A few fascinating finds to finish with: Edited August 17, 2022 by mozart R Palimaka, Dpgsbody55, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, mozart said: So much information in this picture, with the obvious caveat of course that this is a machine flying 80 years after the RAF ones, but the AIMS seat design is confirmed and that interesting apparently leather "handle?" on the port side of the seat. Also the "handbrake" on the starboard side. Very useful screenshot, Max! The leather “handle” is in fact a patch designed to prevent chaffing from the parachute metalwork (short for more technical terms). You can also see it on many British planes of the period like the Gladiator and the Hurricane. The “handbrake” on the starboard side is a seat-adjusting lever. Cheers, Quang Edited August 17, 2022 by quang Syntax John1, Fanes, mozart and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Thanks Quang, was going to post the exact same reply! lol. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Those are great photo's Max, keep 'em coming! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 8 hours ago, quang said: Very useful screenshot, Max! The leather “handle” is in fact a patch designed to prevent chaffing from the parachute metalwork (short for more technical terms). You can also see it on many British planes of the period like the Gladiator and the Hurricane. The “handbrake” on the starboard side is a seat-adjusting lever. Cheers, Quang Why didn’t I know that? It’s always good to learn something new, even for an old dog like me! jbrennan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Old dogs of the world, unite! europapete, mozart and jbrennan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, quang said: Old dogs of the world, unite! Woof woof! europapete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Who let the dogs out! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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