1/48 Sea Gladiator

[Dave W]

Seat belts finished.Took me nearly an hour to assemble and fit the lap straps.

[Dave W]

Ive got the cockpit installed,glued the fuselage halves together ,glued lower wings and tail on.The fuselage halves needed sanding on a flat surface to make them fit better.No alignment pins so care needed to line the halves up right.Next stage is to make some sort of jig so I can glue all the struts to the lower wing and fuselage.Then I intend painting the model before attaching the upper wing and doing the rigging.Thats the plan anyway.

[ATTACH]70566.IPB[/ATTACH]


[ATTACH]70567.IPB[/ATTACH]

[flyjoe180]

Can you please share the rigging progress Dave, I'm interested in seeing how you go about it. Looks good so far mate.

[Guest]

Nice work Dave

[Dave W]

Will share the rigging process when I've worked out how I'm going to do it!.Got a couple of ideas.

[colin m]

Don't look too closely at the instruments Joe.Ive not tried to replicate the exact instruments. Just used any that were the correct size.

I've done that before, as long as it's black and white and fits in - that's where it's going.

Anyway, all looking very nice Dave.

[papa 695]

Just seen this Dave looking very good so far

[Dave W]

Tonight I've filled and sanded the fuselage seems.Then I glued the outer wing struts on.Before they had completely set,I positioned the upper wing on them and waited for the glue to set before removing the wing.Then I managed to break two of the wing to fuselage struts whilst trying very carefully to clean them up.The plastic in this kit is quite brittle.But it does respond well to my usual Revell contacta glue.So I've glued them back together.Ive got some thin brass rod.So I may replace them with it.

[ATTACH]70683.IPB[/ATTACH]


[ATTACH]70684.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Dave W]

A bit more done this evening .Windscreen and rear canopy masked and glued onto model.Also undercarriage legs attached.

[colin m]

Oh no, wing alignment - my thoughts are with you.

[flyjoe180]

Looks more like a Gladiator now Dave.

[Dave W]

Tonight I've sprayed a coat of primer on the model.And I've attached the 18 tiny exhausts that go from the engine cylinder heads to the cowling.Not sure what colour they should be.The instructions say aluminium.But a build review of the kit has them painted bronze.

[Guest]

all looks good to me Dave

[colin m]

I do like a detailed engine. I would have thought the exhaust pipes would have been the same or a very similar colour as the collector ring.

[Dave W]

I'm at the painting stage now.Got the Dark Slate Grey on and masked the model for the next colour Extra dark Sea Grey.