SABregi Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Here is my Airfix (new tool) Gloster Gladiator in 1:72 scale. I only added the requisite rigging.It is built Out of the BoxThis is my First biplane in over 40 years!More pics here...http://public.fotki.com/ScottABregi/my_modeling_projects/airfix-gloster-gladiator/Enjoy! Edited February 4, 2014 by SABregi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Beautiful biplane! Those markings are what make British pre-war bipes so cool. Wasn't that finish called "speed silver"? Congrats on a very nice build. GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAzZ09 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very nice! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Excellent job on a very nice kit. First one in how many years? You'd never know it from the rigging, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABregi Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) The last Biplane I built was the classic Hasegawa 1:32nd scale Curtis BF2C-1 as a young teenager back in the '70's! This Airfix kit is so well engineered. All the struts are molded into the proper angles and the outer struts were jigged by the X shaped sprue in between the struts. You remove them after you glue the wings together!. All the rigging holes are marked. I just had to drilled out (I used a #86 drill bit). I have had a lot of outstanding modelers here in the club that were a great inspiration to me to give it a try! Edited February 5, 2014 by SABregi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawelP Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good job ! The model is fine ! I didn't think Airfix will have that accuracy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zglossip Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Amazing job those wires are hard to make and put on i have done a model and put wires on it like that before it took forever but they always ad to the detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABregi Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) Gentlemen this is the product I used to rig the Gladiator... I get the grey color as it resembles the steel color of the real thing http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Fly-Fishing/Fly-Tying/Thread-Beads-Eyes|/pc/104793480/c/104721480/sc/104340780/i/103886280/Uni-Thread-80/743793.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fthread-beads-eyes%2F_%2FN-1100440%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_103886280%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104793480%253Bcat104721480%253Bcat104340780&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104793480%3Bcat104721480%3Bcat104340780%3Bcat103886280 Edited February 10, 2014 by SABregi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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