Silver WingsWojciech Kułakowski

30-680 Krakówul.Serbska 2/15

Polandwww.silverwings.pl

silverwings@silverwings.pl

High quality resin model kit

Gloster Sea GladiatorKat.No 32-006

Gloster Sea Gladiator �he�he 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 Gladia-tors, 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 kgPower plant - Bristol Mercury IX, 619 kW (830 hp)

Max speed - 407 km/h , Endurance - 2 hours , Service ceiling -10000 mArmament - four machine guns�� 2 synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing.our machine guns�� 2 synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing.

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Film- 4

Film-3

Film-1

Film- 2

Engine Control

EngineSilver

Black Semi matt

Black Semi matt

Silver

Silver Screw

9x

9x

Silver

Silver

Silver

Black matt

Ammunition Box

Prepar on your own

Prepar on your own

PE 4a

PE 4

PE 3

PE 11a

PE 11

PE 9PE 10

PE 12

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24,0 mm

22,0 mm

22,0 mm

17,0 mm

Wire

1�� 32 scale

24,0

mm

10,5

mm

1,5

mm

3,0

mm

Back floor in the framework

Install the ammunition box in the framework after

inserting MGs to the interior of the fuselage

PE 4

PE 9 PE 12

PE 3

PE 2

PE 1

PE 8

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Slate Grey

Gunmetal

Slate Grey

Black

Black

Silver

Port sideStarboard

Gunmetal

Brown Leather

Silver

�ailwheel

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1 3

2

Film- 5

Safety belts

Sight

Open door

Radiator

Fix after gluing together halves of the fuselage

PE 14

PE 14

PE 7PE 7

PE 5

PE 6

PE 5a

PE 13

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J.”DZIADEK” SZNAJDER

PE 15

PE 17

PE 15 PE 17

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6 m

m6

mm

Dihedreal wings

1: 32 scale

1�� 32 scale

PE 16

PE 16

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Dinghy - option

J.”DZIA

DEK” SZ

NAJDER

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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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Dark EarthFS 30118, 30095

Dark GreenFS 34079, 30095

Light EarthFS 30257

Light GreenFS 34096, 34172

SkyFS 34502

Dark Sea GreyFS 36173, 36099

Gloster Sea Gladiator , N 5524 No 261 Squadron, Luqa, Malta, January 1941

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Extra Dark Sea GreyFS 36118, 36009

Dark Slate GreyFS 34096

Dark Sea GreyFS 36173, 36099

Light Slate GreyFS 34159

Sky GreyFS 36463

WhiteFS 37875 Night

Gloster Sea Gladiator, N 5519 “R”Gladiator Flight Hal Far, Malta, June 1940