Gloster Gladiator

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#1

A mixture of Pre-War, and WW2 Gladiators wot I did:

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 73 Squadron RAF 1937

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 80 Squadron RAF 1937

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 1 Escadrille Belgian Air Force 1940

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Royal Hellenic Air Force 1940

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Iraqi Air Force 1940

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Latvian Air Force 1941

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 5 Squadron Lithuanian Air Force 1937

Gloster Gladiator Mk 2 - 127 Squadron RAF 1941

Gloster Gladiator Mk 2 - 1/LeLv16 Finnish Air Force 1941

Gloster Gladiator J8 - Swedish Air Force 1939

#2

Nice!

The Finnish certainly like to use skull artwork. Seen it on their helmets too.

#3

Those are good! The skulls on the Finnish one look cartoonish.

#4

Yeah, I thought it was a fine symbol also. :cool:

And thanks! I really liked doing this bunch - biplanes are a challenge… :eek: :smiley:

#5

Fixed a couple of errors:

The Lithuanian one should have had a green tail.

The topside of the Swedish one should have been green not brown.

#6

Sort of off topic but do you have any Luft46 color plates?

#7

Sorry, no… :frowning:

#8

very impressing artwork indeed, mate! and the proof that the gladiator is one of the most beautiful biplanes of all time. elegant, with smooth rounded lines and well balanced proportions.

I still remember the old matchbox model kit in 1/72 which fascinated me decades ago. :slight_smile:

jens

#9

The Fury is still my top favourite, but the Gladiator a close second… :slight_smile:

#10

These ones were very special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo48hxk6zxI

http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20WWII/Faith%20Hope%20&%20Charity.htm

#11

Clave, I have a request: Fieseler Storch!

#12

I second that request!

#13

Nice artwork…

I cannot help thinking of Roald Dahl’s description of the Gladiator…

“covered in “doping resin”, it was about the most inflammable thing with wings ever invented…”

My sympathy goes out to any pilot shot down in flames in one of these…nice pictures, though…