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not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 6:25 pm
by jankees

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 6:29 pm
by Splitpin
Superb work JK ....New Model ?

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 7:53 pm
by jankees
Splitpin wrote:Superb work JK ....New Model ?


It is the FSAddon Gladiator that is being converted to MSFS, coming soon(ish). I'm just tinkering with the textures.

Imagenorge (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 7:28 am
by Charl
Nicely done... can you imagine flying one of these, and meeting a BF109 :o

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:37 am
by jankees
Charl wrote:Nicely done... can you imagine flying one of these, and meeting a BF109 :o


Actually, #22 depicted here, piloted by Sgt Rolin, managed to shoot down a Bf-109, before he was shot dwon himself. Fortunately, he parachuted to safety.

Image2x (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Image2x (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

the only Belgian Gladiator victory in May 1940, all were destroyed by the evening of May 11th.
#30 meanwhile crashed during a snow storm in 1938...

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:49 am
by Naki
Very nice!...what's the airfield in the first lot of pics?

Re: not a tanker, a fighter!

PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:45 pm
by jankees
Naki wrote:Very nice!...what's the airfield in the first lot of pics?


That's Old Warden in the UK, home of the Shuttleworth collection