Boulton Paul Defiant (Airfix 1/48)
We shall be building the second one in PS-V L7026
Not much of this can be seen with the fuselage closed
Usual eduard pe belts used
Provided decal went down well on to the instrument panel, with the help of a good dose of humbrol decalfix ,albeit a little out of register with the dials, (my mistake) although you can’t really tell when the fuselage is closed
Nice little touch from Airfix for those NOT paying attention. These little critters for the radiator
Are also labelled b(back) and f(front) !!
A word of caution. Initially I thought Airfix had ballsed up and provided 2 elevators exactly the same …. Luckily it’s impossible to get it wrong whatever way you fit them the actuator is ALWAYS on the top on the starboard side
But as this photo of the last surviving defiant shows the trim actuators are one on top and one below. So they look the same .
Turret finished
Turret in place , very snug fit
Finally got some colour on her
Getting there with the camo, after a bit of “bleaching “
Undercarriage is quite nice straight out of the box
Managed to break the kit sensor tube off (no surprise there) so fashioned my own out of brass 0.5mm tube and 0.3mm rod
Comments
17 2 October 2021, 14:45
David HCheers Guillaume, David and Flight. DT, goes together really well, the fus and wings are together with no filler. BUT……. the matchbox trencher has found reemployment!! All the surface detail is waaaay over size and needs a bit of abrasion to reduce it to a more scale appearance. On the plus the plastic is Really soft and so sands very quickly, so beware
10 October 2021, 16:54
David HThanks Istvan, BTW. Anyone building this could do a lot worse than follow this link for a walk round photo shoot..
britmodeller.com/for..oulton-paul-defiant/
14 October 2021, 20:57
David HCalling this done, other than a flat coat. I feel this has been a bit of an uphill battle for some reason and lost a lot of interest in it, so I shan't be weathering this beyond where it is already.
20 November 2021, 21:06
