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Clave
05-09-2008, 03:58 PM
A mixture of Pre-War, and WW2 Gladiators wot I did:

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 73 Squadron RAF 1937

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_73Sqn.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 80 Squadron RAF 1937

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_80Sqn.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 1 Escadrille Belgian Air Force 1940

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_Belg_1Esc.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Royal Hellenic Air Force 1940

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_Greece.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Iraqi Air Force 1940

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_Iraq.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - Latvian Air Force 1941

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_Latvia.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 1 - 5 Squadron Lithuanian Air Force 1937

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk1_Lithuania.png

Gloster Gladiator Mk 2 - 127 Squadron RAF 1941

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk2_127Sqn.png

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

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_Mk2_Finland.png

Gloster Gladiator J8 - Swedish Air Force 1939

http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/gloster_gladiator/Gladiator_J8_Sweden.png

ww2admin
05-09-2008, 04:39 PM
Nice!

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

Churchill
05-09-2008, 07:26 PM
Those are good! The skulls on the Finnish one look cartoonish.

Clave
05-11-2008, 07:44 PM
Yeah, I thought it was a fine symbol also. :cool:

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

Clave
05-15-2008, 03:33 AM
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.

Major Walter Schmidt
05-15-2008, 10:32 AM
Sort of off topic but do you have any Luft46 color plates?

Clave
05-15-2008, 06:34 PM
Sorry, no.. :(

Flammpanzer
05-17-2008, 08:44 AM
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. :)

jens

Clave
05-19-2008, 03:20 PM
The Fury is still my top favourite, but the Gladiator a close second... :)

32Bravo
06-04-2008, 06:08 AM
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

ww2admin
06-04-2008, 12:06 PM
Clave, I have a request: Fieseler Storch!

Churchill
06-04-2008, 12:59 PM
I second that request!

B5N2KATE
06-08-2008, 02:35 PM
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....