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1/48th Airfix BP. Defiant Mk.I, `Coimbatore II' 264 Sqn, RAF Colerne, 1941.


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Hiya Folks,

               I`m on a bit of a roll today and have also finished off the lovely Airfix Defiant kit which was an absolute joy to build,.... definitely one of the best of recent Airfix kits! 

I have wanted to build a model of Defiant Mk.I night fighter N1801, PS-B, (Coimbatore ii) flown by ace crew Frederick Hughes (pilot) and Sgt. Fred Gash (air gunner)  for some time now as they were a superb top scoring crew on the type and read about them years ago, they were also based at Colerne ( which I know quite well and was almost posted there in the 90`s!) and because the aircraft sported the Red Hand of Ulster,... which was also the insignia of the best British Army unit that I ever served in! The decals are not included in the kit,..... so I used a combination of kit decals and Montex mask set KA48316. 

 

Here is the subject aircraft;

DEFIANT NIGHTFIGHTER

 

And here is the model alongside a memento from my old unit!;

27783083368_5922923daf_k.jpgDSCF3102 by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

And some more pics,.....sorry if there are too many;

 

40937708584_664360c8d7_k.jpgDSCF3054_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

26780864337_a4b9315a2d_k.jpgDSCF3067_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40937707244_fb1721fc56_k.jpgDSCF3056_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41608838352_eb5103012d_k.jpgDSCF3066_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41608840622_ed2db72020_k.jpgDSCF3065_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41608844712_8a0864a1a9_k.jpgDSCF3060_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40937703664_c8584e051d_k.jpgDSCF3063_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

26780873797_0f0e7437b2_k.jpgDSCF3059_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

26780875117_2b57cf5782_k.jpgDSCF3058_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers

          Tony

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Thanks ever so much for your kind comments everybody,...glad you like it,..... this kit is superb,......like a Tamigawa quality,.... really impressed.

36 minutes ago, Chaotic Mike said:

 Looking at that massive turret, you do wonder whose bright idea it was to stick it on a single engine fighter, though!

`Their Airships' in the late 30`s were WW1 airmen to whom the Bristol Fighter was considered as one of the supreme fighters of the war, with a pilot and gunner and they considered the Defiant to be a state of the art 1930`s answer to this concept which they thought would be an ideal bomber destroyer,..... only they forgot to give it forward firing armament! In the right hands and with the right tactics,.... as proved by 264 Sqn it could be effective,..... but it was proved by operational experience to be an outmoded concept,..... although it was a good night fighter.  

 

Cheers

          Tony

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13 hours ago, pacificmustang said:

I I’m just about to embark on this kit Tony, so your excellent build will serve as inspiration. I really like this build 

Season’s Greetings

Bruce 

Cheers Bruce and the same to you mate,...... glad you like it,.... you will love this kit, I promise you,...... I`m looking forward to seeing what you do with it. I have an ASR one lined up to do for my next one,

Cheers

           Tony

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