The Sea Shall Not Have Them - Tom's ASR Defiant

[TomW]

Yay progress I spent a very productive evening yesterday getting the decals on and painting the canopies, here's where the Defiant stands now:







Still lots to do.

Regards

Tom

[Old_Tonto]

That is looking great Tom. Top marks.

[Martin R]

It's looking great, Tom. That colour scheme and those markings almost make me wish I'd joined this GB now . . .

regards,

Martin

[Jagewa]

Man this is looking great Tom, those master barrels are a thing of beauty, I've seen them for sale here too, but the price oo la la.

Cheers
Jim

[TomW]

Thanks for the positivity gents


Attached the turret this afternoon as well as the main gear:









And another gratuitous close up of the turret armament, makes up for the rough framing :




Just gear doors, aerials and a Matt coat to go I think.

Regards

Tom

[Old_Tonto]

Lovely.

[splash]

It looks great. It just shows what you can do with an old classic and a great bit of skill.

Regards Splash

[JohnRatzenberger]

Very good !
Don't forget an underside shot so we can see the ASR gear ....

[TomW]

Thanks all of you , I don't know much about skill Splash, mostly I just fudge it and hope for the best


Anyways I'm calling this finished now, I may in the future come back and re-do the ASR gear by following Davids example to make it much more realistic, but it'll do for now to give an impression of something under the wings:
















Thanks for coming on this ride guys, this model gets the accolade of being my most expensive single seater and possible the most fun I've had modelling in quite a while.

Regards

Tom

[splash]

congratulations it looks brilliant.

Regards
Splash

[JamesPerrin]

Well done Tom on doing something a bit different with the old gal and doing it well.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Well done,our first completion, and a unique one at that ....

[Dirkpitt289]

BRAVO!!! Well done is an understatement. Stunning work

[davej]

Magnificent. I love the scheme and mods.

Dave

[lancfan]

Coastal command colours are a refreshing change from the usual black and your finish looks great, the nose looks far better with a realistic engine cowling and those gun barrels set off the turret a treat.

David.