Airfix Gloster Gladiator Mk.II

AK Interactive dark earth was sprayed first after laying down the Ammo Mig grey primer. Now lots of shading with white and different yellow and light brown hues.  

1st layer of dark earth down! 

 

A gloss varnish is next. The diorama base will get a matte varnish.  

 

A gloss coat applied and the rigging set. I will spray it black before applying. 

For some reason, all decal setters (Vallejo, Ak Interactive, Revell) continue to burn right through my ak interactive acrylics, even though i always apply a gloss coat first and let it dry thoroughly. I can basically peel off the colors with it. Anyone have a clue as to why this happens? Quite frustrating. 

Decals are on, rigging set was sprayed black.  

 

Cowling added last night. Fit is ok, but not perfect. 

Some grass & water puddles added to the base. How to rotate fotos here? 

There was a gap in the cowling, which was probably just my fault. Anyway, had to fill it and painstakingly repaint it.  

 

I took down the upper wing again in order to sand down some glue. Added the door which is a bad mold. Pane lines next and then rigging! 

So i am using a solid plexiglass to cut the wires. Main concern is not to bend them in order to make them look thight. 

First results are encouraging. 

The rigging set is actually quite simple and straightforward. This was done in about an hour. I will have to do some sanding & corrections on the lower wing, as the CA glue attacked the paint.  

 

 

Most of the rigging is done. Unfortunately i rushed some of it with the result of the superglue leaving nasty blobs on the wings. The silver fabric of the underside of the upper wing suffered especially.
 

 

Time to finish the little vignette! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, i rushed with the superglue and i left some big blobs on the wings. Especially on the underside of the upper wing. I sanded down as much as i could, but it is still somewhat disappointing.