Gloster Sea Gladiator - Halinski - 1/33 - Page 9

**Don Boose** · #81 07-03-2019, 12:20 PM

It is a great pleasure to see your superb craftsmanship, especially with such a good-looking airplane. I have spent the last hour Shangri-la-ing through this fascinating and visually appealing thread.

Don

**smithdr** · #82 07-03-2019, 01:48 PM

Gotta agree with Don. Another masterpiece and so much learn from too.
Thanks for posting!!
Dan

**ricleite** · #83 07-05-2019, 06:55 AM

Thank you very much for the comments, friends. You know how much I appreciate your remarks

@YankeeBoy - I'd be interested in a silver Gladiator, too. Halinsky, lately, has released much more new liveries with minor changes to previous kits than new subjects. Maybe they do the same with a Gladiator, some day...

As always, I used the canopy sold separately. It fits well and is very transparent.

**YankeeBoy** · #84 07-05-2019, 07:27 AM

Canopy looks great...and all that marvelous cockpit detail is visible!

**birder** · #85 07-05-2019, 10:50 AM

It's incredible to see how precise your models are, this is another beauty

**ricleite** · #86 07-08-2019, 06:44 AM

Thanks, YankeeBoy and Glen

Assembling the lower wing was a piece of cake. The upper wing was much harder, as it links to the lower wing and to the fuselage through 8 individual struts. All the struts are set at an angle, both longitudinal and transverse. The kit has templates to fix the relative positions but I opted for a Lego jig. Once the glue sets, the assembly is quite stable.

**YankeeBoy** · #87 07-08-2019, 07:38 AM

Those wings look good and true to me. Nothing but finishing touches now.

Added thought - maybe too late to use on this model but still worth a look for rigging early aircraft - Bob's Buckles. He makes eyelets and cut tube that are ideal for rigging WW1 and interwar aircraft. They can be done yourself but his are uniform in size and quality (something I could not achieve with my home-made efforts.)

**rifleman** · #88 07-09-2019, 12:58 PM

that's one good looking glad nicely built though out big thumbs up

**Erik Zwaan** · #89 07-11-2019, 12:34 AM

Wonderful work Ricardo, canopy and wings are impeccable. I have heard of a material called EZ Line, that might be useful for rigging. Don't have experience with it but I found it on a paper modeling site.

Regards,
Erik

**ricleite** · #90 07-11-2019, 06:58 AM

Thanks for the tips about rigging

I confess to be very lazy regarding this subject. What you can see in the pictures is ordinary sewing thread, slightly elastic.
The other pictures show the remaining details.