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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 silverwings@silverwings.pl 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 ���������������������������������������������������������������������� synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing. Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator 9x Black Semi matt Silver 9x Silver Silver Silver Silver Screw Black matt Black Semi matt Prepar on your own Prepar on your own Silver 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 C Silver Wings 2010 2 Silver Wings 24, 0m 22, 0m 1: 32 scale PE 1 m m 3,0 mm 10,5 mm 24,0 mm 1,5 mm PE 2 Gloster Sea Gladiator 22, 0m 17, m 0m m PE 8 Back floor in the framework PE 9 PE 12 e Wir PE 4 PE 3 Install the ammunition box in the framework after inserting MGs to the interior of the fuselage C Silver Wings 2010 3 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator Port side Starboard Black Black Brown Leather Slate Grey Gunmetal Gunmetal Silver Silver Slate Grey Tailwheel C Silver Wings 2010 4 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator 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 C Silver Wings 2010 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator J.”D PE 17 PE 15 PE 17 PE 15 C Silver Wings 2010 6 ZIA DE K” SZ NA JD ER Gloster Sea Gladiator 6 mm 6 mm Silver Wings 1: 32 scale Dihedreal wings PE 16 PE 16 1: 32 scale 7 C Silver Wings 2010 Silver Wings C Silver Wings 2010 Gloster Sea Gladiator 8 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator K DE ZIA D J.” ER JD NA Z ”S Dinghy - option C Silver Wings 2010 9 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator Gloster Sea Gladiator, N 5519 “G6A” 802 Squadron, HMS Glorius, 1939 All upper and bottom surfaces - Silver C Silver Wings 2010 10 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator 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 C Silver Wings 2010 11 Silver Wings Gloster Sea Gladiator 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 C Silver Wings 2010 12 Night
