Gloster Sea Gladiator

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Gloster Sea Gladiator
Silver Wings
High quality resin model kit
Wojciech Kułakowski
Gloster Sea Gladiator
30-680 Kraków
ul.Serbska 2/15
Poland
www.silverwings.pl
[email protected]
Kat.No 32-006
Gloster Sea Gladiator
The
���� Gladiator was to be the last British biplane fighter and the first fighter 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.
A modified Mk II, the Sea Gladiator, was developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA), with an arrestor hook to be engaged when landing on
an aircraft carrier, catapult points, a strengthened frame and an under-belly fairing for a dinghy lifeboat. Of the 98 aircraft built as, or converted to Sea Gladiators, 54 were still in service by the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939.
One of the best-known campaigns where Gladiators were used was the Siege of Malta in 1940. The fighter force defending Malta was, for a period
of ten days, a small force of British-operated Gladiators, the Hal Far Fighter Flight, giving rise to a myth the aircrafts’ names ‘’Faith’’, ‘’Hope’’ and ‘’Charity’’,
formed the entire fighter cover of the island. The aircraft names came into being only after the battle was over.
A total of 747 aircraft were built ,483 of which for the Royal Air Force, 98 for the Royal Navy; and the rest was exported to 14 countries (Belgium, China,
Egypt, Finland, Free France, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden) .
TECHNICAL DATA
Length - 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 - Bristol Mercury IX, 619 kW (830 hp)
Max speed - 407 km/h , Endurance - 2 hours , Service ceiling -10000 m
Armament - f������������������
our machine guns: 2
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synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing.
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9x
Black Semi matt
Silver
9x
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver Screw
Black matt
Black Semi matt
Prepar on your
own
Prepar on your
own
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Engine
Engine Control
Ammunition Box
Film- 4
PE 12
Film- 2
Film-1
PE 4
PE 4a
Film-3
PE 10
PE 3
PE 9
PE 11
PE 11a
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PE 1
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3,0 mm
10,5 mm
24,0 mm
1,5 mm
PE 2
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22,
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17,
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0m
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PE 8
Back floor in the framework
PE 9
PE 12
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Wir
PE 4
PE 3
Install the ammunition
box in the framework after
inserting MGs to the interior
of the fuselage
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Port side
Starboard
Black
Black
Brown Leather
Slate Grey
Gunmetal
Gunmetal
Silver
Silver
Slate Grey
Tailwheel
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Film- 5
PE 14
Open door
Sight
PE 14
PE 13
Radiator
PE 7
PE 7
Fix after gluing together halves
of the fuselage
3
1
2
PE 5a
PE 6
Safety belts
PE 5
5
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PE 17
PE 15
PE 17
PE 15
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Gloster Sea Gladiator
6 mm
6 mm
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Dihedreal wings
PE 16
PE 16
1: 32 scale
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Dinghy - option
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Gloster Sea Gladiator, N 5519 “G6A”
802 Squadron, HMS Glorius, 1939
All upper and bottom surfaces - Silver
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Gloster Sea Gladiator , N 5524
No 261 Squadron, Luqa, Malta, January 1941
Dark Earth
FS 30118, 30095
Dark Green
FS 34079, 30095
Dark Sea Grey
FS 36173, 36099
Sky
FS 34502
Light Earth
FS 30257
Light Green
FS 34096, 34172
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Gloster Sea Gladiator, N 5519 “R”
Gladiator Flight Hal Far, Malta, June 1940
Sky Grey
FS 36463
Extra Dark Sea Grey
FS 36118, 36009
Dark Slate Grey
FS 34096
White
FS 37875
Dark Sea Grey
FS 36173, 36099
Light Slate Grey
FS 34159
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Night