AndyL Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Here's my 1/48 Airfix Defiant, built as N1553 of the Fighter Interception Unit, Ford. This Defiant was used in the development of Mk VI radar during 1941. There's some slight modifications of the in box parts, mainly trimming down the transmitter aerial on the starboard win, and making new ones on the port wing. These were made from 1mm diameter rod, squashed flat in a pair of pliers, as those, plus the ones on the azimuth aerials mounted on the fuselage were blade like, as opposed to round. It's finished in Tamiya acrylics with a home brew mix of XF1 flat black and XF50 blue. Light weathering done with silver pencil and pastels. Thanks for looking. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Beautiful and very interesting Defiant. I have never seen those antennas on the wings. Great work. :goodjob: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Very nice indeed! Lots of Defiants about at the moment. No bad thing. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Very nice Andy,....you`ve done a beautiful job, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Very smart indeed and a great finish. Good to see one from FIU, considering the important work it did. It's a pity Airfix didn't include the the radar parts in the 1/72 kit. Mind you, a rummage through the spares box might solve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Very nice Defiant there, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 A great subject !! It looks good. Thanks for posting. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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