Silver Wings High quality resin model kit Wojciech Kułakowski 30-680 Kraków ul.Serbska 2/15 Poland Gloster Gladiator Mk I & Mk II www.silverwings.pl Cat.No 32-008 [email protected]
Gloster Gladiator Mk I & Mk II
The Gladiator was to be the last British biplane fighterfighter and the firstfirst fighterfighter with an enclosed cockpit. The design was being eclipsed by new generation(monoplane) fighters, such as the RAF’s new Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. The first version, the Gladiator Mk I, was delivered from July 1936, becoming operational in January 1937. The Gladiator Mk II soon followed, the main differences being a slightly more powerful Mercury engine driving a Fairey fixed-pitch three-bladed metal propeller instead of the two-bladed wooden one. The Gladiator was largely replaced in front line RAF service by the Hurricane and Spitfire at the outbreak of the Second World War. However, two squadrons were still used in the French and Norwegian campaigns and some planes were also in service during more peripheral campaigns duringthe early years of the Second World War. The classic biplane fighter was also one of Britain’s biggest pre-war export successes, seeing service in many countries. The Gloster Gladiator performed reasonably well in limited Finnish service against Soviet fighters during the Winter War. A total of 483 aircrafts were built for the Royal Air Force; and the rest was exported to 14 countries (Belgium, China, Egypt, Finland, Free France, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, South Africa and Sweden). TECHNICAL DATA Lenght - 8,36 m, Wingspan - 9,83 m, Height - 3,58 m, Wing area - 30,00 m ², Empty weight - 1462 kg, Loaded weight - 2088 kg Power plant - Gladiator Mk I- Bristol Mercury IX, 619 kW (830 hp); Gladiator Mk II - Bristol Mercury VIII A Max speed - 407 km/h Endurance - 2 hours Service ceiling - 10000 m Armament - fourour machine guns: 2 synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing wing. Silver Wings Gloster Gladiator MkI & MkII
9x Black Semi matt
Silver 9x
Silver Silver
Silver Silver Screw
Prepare on your Prepare on your Black matt Black Semi matt own own
Black Semi matt Silver Engine
Film - 4
PE 12 Ammunition Box Engine Control Film - 2
Film - 1
Film - 3 PE 10 PE 9 PE 4 PE 11 PE 4a
PE 11a PE 17 PE 3 Film - 1 Mk II Film - 2
Mk I PE 18
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PE 2 24,0 mm 1,5 mm
22,0 mm mm 24,0 mm 10,5 3,0 mm
PE 1 1: 32 scale 22,0 mm
17,0 mm
PE 8 Back floor in the framework
PE 9 PE 12
Wire
PE 4
PE 3
Install the ammunition box in the framework after inserting MGs to the interior of the fuselage
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Starboard Port side
Black
Black Brown Leather Slate Grey
Gunmetal Gunmetal
Silver Silver
Slate Grey
Tailwheel
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Film - 3 M k I Film - 5 M k II
Mk II Mk I
PE 14
Open door
Sight
PE 14
PE 13 Radiator PE 7 PE 7
Fix after gluing together halves 1 3 of the fuselage
PE 5a 2
PE 6 Safety belts
PE 5
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PE 15
PE 19
Ski version
PE 15
1: 32 scale
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1: 32 scale Mk I Mk II Dihedreal wings
PE 16 Wire
Wire
Ski version Wire
Wire
PE 16
1: 32 scale
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Gloster Gladiator Mk I, K 6130, 72 Squadron, Church Fenton, 1937
All upper and bottom surfaces - Silver
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Gloster Gladiator Mk II , N 2306 No 247 Squadron, during the Battle of Britain, 1940
Dark Earth FS 30118, 30095
Dark Green FS 34079, 30095
Sky FS 34502
Light Earth FS 30257
Light Green FS 34096, 34172
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Gloster Gladiator Mk II, GL-252 of 1/LeLv 16, Finnish Air Force, 1942
Olive Green FS 34096 Vaaleansininen (Light Blue) Musta (Black) FS 35414 FS 37038
Keltainen (Yellow) FS 13655
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