**** DONE: GB-41 1/72 Gloster Gladiator - PTO from 1937
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fubar57
General
Looking forward to it
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good one Bernie. Interested to hear about your chosen scheme. I wasn't aware these were used in the PTO.
IMHO Bernie meant the Chinese kites.
"After suffering heavy losses to its fighter force during the battles around Shanghai and Nanking, in October 1937 the Chinese Air Force ordered 36 Gladiator Mk Is. They were to be shipped to Hong Kong, and then transferred by barge to Canton for final assembly. There they were assigned to the 28th and 29th Pursuit Squadrons.
The Chinese Gladiators first saw service in February 1938, as the Japanese began to push deep into China after securing Nanking. The Gladiators enjoyed some success against the Japanese A5M fighters, but as the air war intensified the biplanes continued to suffer losses. Fighting in southern China, around Canton, also saw several of the Gladiators destroyed as the Japanese strengthened their hold on Chinese coastal cities.
By the end of 1938, as the Chinese Air Force withdrew to Chungking, most of the Gladiators had been destroyed or were otherwise no longer airworthy."
"After suffering heavy losses to its fighter force during the battles around Shanghai and Nanking, in October 1937 the Chinese Air Force ordered 36 Gladiator Mk Is. They were to be shipped to Hong Kong, and then transferred by barge to Canton for final assembly. There they were assigned to the 28th and 29th Pursuit Squadrons.
The Chinese Gladiators first saw service in February 1938, as the Japanese began to push deep into China after securing Nanking. The Gladiators enjoyed some success against the Japanese A5M fighters, but as the air war intensified the biplanes continued to suffer losses. Fighting in southern China, around Canton, also saw several of the Gladiators destroyed as the Japanese strengthened their hold on Chinese coastal cities.
By the end of 1938, as the Chinese Air Force withdrew to Chungking, most of the Gladiators had been destroyed or were otherwise no longer airworthy."
fubar57
General
Bestfong and Kora make the appropriate decals...
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Never knew. Will have to see what Bernie's plans are.
parsifal
Colonel
Im glad we included the period 1937-41 in the GB. Im looking forward to how this plays out.
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Interesting choice.
Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Great choice ! Gladiators were quite the hot rod of their time.
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
A lot to learn from this biplane, the Chinese-Japanese war and the Matchbox kit. Ready for the tour, Bernie.
Interesting option.
Saludos
Interesting option.
Saludos
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice choice. Didn't know these were used in China
Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
Very cool!
Jeff
Jeff
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parsifal
Colonel
Bernie, do you need help with the image sizzing? its hard to view your images because they are so big
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parsifal
Colonel
If you have access to windows paint, open a copy in that software. Use the resize option, and adjust the picture width (horizontal) to 850 pixels. That will make your picture fit the image sizing guidelines of this website. Make you save a copy of your modified image for downloading to your post.
le_steph40
Senior Master Sergeant
Nice choice Bernie 
