Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
- PaulBradley
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Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
I'll be building one of Airfix's latest:
Sprue shots:
Panel lines are finer than previous recent Airfix releases, detail overall looks very nice.
And so onto the build:
All gone together very nicely so far - a trial fit of the fuselage halves shows no issues, and, with the wings all glued up, there doesn't appear to be any issue there either. A nice build so far.
Sprue shots:
Panel lines are finer than previous recent Airfix releases, detail overall looks very nice.
And so onto the build:
All gone together very nicely so far - a trial fit of the fuselage halves shows no issues, and, with the wings all glued up, there doesn't appear to be any issue there either. A nice build so far.
Paul
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- TobyC
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
I think is the first build I've seen of the new Defiant and I'm impressed with what I've seen so far.
What markings are you going for?
What markings are you going for?
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Cheers, guys!
264 Sqn, July 1940 - the boxart shows what it'll look like. The other option in the box is an all-black 151 Sqn machine from February 1941 - the one with the shark mouth. Jeff is also doing this kit and, I presume, these markings, so I'm going to scour my references and spares box to see if I can come up with an alternate serial and code.
The Battle of Britain one, of course...TobyC wrote:What markings are you going for?
264 Sqn, July 1940 - the boxart shows what it'll look like. The other option in the box is an all-black 151 Sqn machine from February 1941 - the one with the shark mouth. Jeff is also doing this kit and, I presume, these markings, so I'm going to scour my references and spares box to see if I can come up with an alternate serial and code.
Paul
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
I was thinking that the nightfighter was also in the BoB. Silly mePaulBradley wrote:Cheers, guys!
The Battle of Britain one, of course...TobyC wrote:What markings are you going for?
264 Sqn, July 1940 - the boxart shows what it'll look like. The other option in the box is an all-black 151 Sqn machine from February 1941 - the one with the shark mouth. Jeff is also doing this kit and, I presume, these markings, so I'm going to scour my references and spares box to see if I can come up with an alternate serial and code.
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Looks good Paul. I have a couple of those in my stash so will be watching with interest
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Might have to get one of these. Building (sometime), the old tool one, have a resin replacement nose from Valiant Wings to go with it. Making it as part of my wider BoB build.
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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- PaulBradley
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
It's gone together quite well - there's nothing particularly difficult with this kit - so far:
The wing trailing edges are rather thick and need a bit of sanding down, which I did on the undersides, out of view. There's a bit of a step when the wings match up to the fuselage, but a little Perfect Plastic Putty has taken care of that. Pretty simple, as I say.
The wing trailing edges are rather thick and need a bit of sanding down, which I did on the undersides, out of view. There's a bit of a step when the wings match up to the fuselage, but a little Perfect Plastic Putty has taken care of that. Pretty simple, as I say.
Paul
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Looks like a lovely kit so far. Keep up the good work.
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Super start on this one Paul. I will be using 264 as I can not source any thing different at this time. 264 lists a pretty intensive history.
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Cheers, guys.
No worries, Jeff - I'll rummage through my spare decals to find an alternate for me to use.
No worries, Jeff - I'll rummage through my spare decals to find an alternate for me to use.
Paul
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Nice.
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Nice work Paul, I like the look of this kit.
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Re: Paul's Defiant Against the Odds
Thanks!
It's a nice little kit. I think they are learning form their past mistakes - and that's a great sign for things to come.
It's a nice little kit. I think they are learning form their past mistakes - and that's a great sign for things to come.
Paul
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