Gloster Gamecock and how it was built

[wonwinglo]

The Gloster Gamecock a very evocative pre war fighter made from mahagany wings with pine for the fuselage,methods of construction leading up to the completed model.

[wonwinglo]

[scottie3158]

Barry, You really show great wood working skills. That is a plane I have never heard of, was it a successful design for its time?

[wonwinglo]

Very successful in the days of the biplane fighters used by the RAF.

[Guest]

A man of great talents :smiling3:.
My Dad always used to work with wood,he used to make some fantastic things.

[wonwinglo]

Before the introduction of resins pattern makers always used wood to make castings,I used to go and collect the offcuts from the floor and put some money in the tea kitty,they only use it as firewood.
I like to keep old skills alive too just like those wheelwrights who spoke up wooden wheels in craft centres.