From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "Nicholas Moore" References: <922549.3015.qm@web96003.mail.aue.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Hi Steve - article for Mushroom's Gladiator book Volume 1 follows... Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:39:13 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004C_01CBA8F8.861AF320" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01CBA8F8.861AF320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center http://www.arcair.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nicholas Moore=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:25 AM Subject: Hi Steve - article for Mushroom's Gladiator book Volume 1 = follows... Mushroom Model Publications =20 Gloster Gladiator Vol. I: Development & Operational History MMP9106 from HobbyLink Japan http://www.hlj.com/ =20 Product article by Nick Moore =20 Alex Crawford writes this first Volume in Mushroom=E2=80=99s = telling of the Gloster Gladiator story. This and the follow-up Volume = are the culmination of 25 years of research into the Gladiator so it is = abundantly clear that Crawford is a devotee of the subject. Widely = researched and with an impressive bibliography, this book comes in at = 272 pages. It is supported by interesting photographs and excellent = colour profiles by Artur Juszczak, of which you receive no less than = sixteen. =20 In the main the text deals with the Gladiator=E2=80=99s active = service with the RAF. This is followed by a separate history of the Sea = Gladiator and finally the Gladiator=E2=80=99s Foreign Service is = described.. A testimony to the quality of the Gladiator can be seen in = the colour profiles at the rear of the book. This aircraft saw service = under a great many flags and the Foreign Service section of the book = describes their use by a great many countries. The photographs in this = section in particular are quite fascinating for the variety of markings, = crews and environments the Gladiator appears in and alongside of. =20 The book as a whole contains a number of very good photographs = showing the Gladiator from many points of view. Some will prove = especially useful to modelers as they show weathering on the airframe to = great advantage. Many photographs show crew, uniforms and the bases the = planes flew from. The book is interspersed with 1:48 scale line drawings = showing various plans and elevations of Gladiators Mark I, Mark II, Sea = Gladiator that also include equipment variations. =20 Tabled information at the end of the book includes operational = data for all RAF Gladiator units and victory claims. =20 I=E2=80=99ll just make a comment regards the attached = photographs in this article. As you all appreciate, Mushroom will have = gone to a great deal of effort to produce this book and are entitled to = copyright protection. The images reproduced here are of low quality to = give you an idea of what the book contains. The photos and drawings in = the book are of much better quality so if you want to see them all = =E2=80=93 you=E2=80=99ll just have to buy it! =20 An indispensable book for Gladiator fans but also well = recommended to anyone interested in the campaigns they participated in = or for interwar aircraft enthusiasts. =20 This book is available here: http://www.hlj.com/product/MMP9106 =20 My thanks to HobbyLink Japan (http://www..hlj.com/) for = supplying this review sample. =20 Nick Moore 15 December 2010 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01CBA8F8.861AF320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF
 
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know = your article=20 went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.
 
Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft = Resource=20 Center
http://www.arcair.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love = like you've=20 never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like = nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Nicholas=20 Moore
To: submissions@arcair.com =
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, = 2010 12:25=20 AM
Subject: Hi Steve - article for = Mushroom's Gladiator book Volume 1 follows...

Mushroom = Model=20 Publications

 

Gloster = Gladiator Vol.=20 I: Development & Operational History

MMP9106 = from HobbyLink=20 Japan http://www.hlj.com/

 

Product = article by Nick=20 Moore

 

Alex Crawford writes this = first Volume in=20 Mushroom=E2=80=99s telling of the Gloster Gladiator story. This = and the=20 follow-up Volume are the culmination of 25 years of research = into the=20 Gladiator so it is abundantly clear that Crawford is a devotee = of the=20 subject. Widely researched and with an impressive bibliography, = this=20 book comes in at 272 pages. It is supported by interesting = photographs=20 and excellent colour profiles by Artur Juszczak, of which you = receive no=20 less than sixteen.

 

In the main the text deals = with the=20 Gladiator=E2=80=99s active service with the RAF. This is = followed by a separate=20 history of the Sea Gladiator and finally the Gladiator=E2=80=99s = Foreign Service=20 is described.. A testimony to the quality of the Gladiator can = be seen=20 in the colour profiles at the rear of the book. This aircraft = saw=20 service under a great many flags and the Foreign Service section = of the=20 book describes their use by a great many countries. The = photographs in=20 this section in particular are quite fascinating for the variety = of=20 markings, crews and environments the Gladiator appears in and = alongside=20 of.

 

The book as a whole contains a = number of=20 very good photographs showing the Gladiator from many points of = view.=20 Some will prove especially useful to modelers as they show = weathering on=20 the airframe to great advantage.  Many photographs show = crew,=20 uniforms and the bases the planes flew from. The book is = interspersed=20 with 1:48 scale line drawings showing various plans and = elevations of=20 Gladiators Mark I, Mark II, Sea Gladiator that also include = equipment=20 variations.

 

Tabled information at the end = of the book=20 includes operational data for all RAF Gladiator units and = victory=20 claims.

 

I=E2=80=99ll just make a = comment regards the=20 attached photographs in this article.  As you all appreciate, = Mushroom=20 will have gone to a great deal of effort to produce this book = and are=20 entitled to copyright protection. The images reproduced here are = of low=20 quality to give you an idea of what the book contains. The = photos and=20 drawings in the book are of much better quality so if you want = to see=20 them all =E2=80=93 you=E2=80=99ll just have to buy it!

 

An indispensable book for = Gladiator fans=20 but also well recommended to anyone interested in the campaigns = they=20 participated in or for interwar aircraft enthusiasts.

 

This book is available here:=20 http://www.hlj.com/product/MMP9106

 

My thanks to HobbyLink = Japan (http://www..hlj.com/) for supplying this review sample.

 

Nick Moore 15 December = 2010

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