Jackofalltrades

Love the new IP,and those Eduard Brassin Hurricane exhaust stacks look terrific,I shall definitely be investing in a set of those for my Defiant.

I would say relying on museum aircraft is fine,but beware,an aircraft that is 75 years plus will have on it many coats of paint IMO,which will hide such detail as rivets,I have always tried to find picture references of the time the aircraft was built/in operation,to give a better idea of the finish,anyway just my two pennies worth for what it's worth Here's another shot showing a little riveting on a 264 Squadron Defiant

After searching my picture library,I found this one,this was taken about 1940,and those rivets as dazdot pointed out are flush,almost indented into the fuselage,so definitely not proud of it,see bottom left of picture,hope it helps the decision.

Excellent start Sir !,.......I'm loving watching these new 1/48 Airfix Defiants being built,it really looks as if it's a nice kit,please do show us your Eduard's Zoom PE set, mask and Hurricane Mk I exhausts when you receive them.

Oh great,I'm looking forward to this,excellent start btw.

Great work on the build Pete,I've got to say,.....the detail of those Bramo engines from ICM look superb,a whole class above the other 1/48 versions of this iconic aircraft,this is much more detailed.

Great build so far,tell me,.....you primed the cockpit parts in black,what type of black did you use please?

Pete for your information there is a superb book on the Do17Z that's recently been released,I recently purchased it from the Publisher itself,and can recommend it,the tech drawings and photos of the cockpit alone are worthy of it's purchase. It was reviewed on this very forum a little while ago. see link: http://www.valiant-wings.co.uk/airframe-detail-no2-544-p.asp

Oh yes........looking great Peter,I too have my eyes on one of these,have just brought the Airfix Defiant in 1/48,so maybe next month.In the mean time I shall be watching the progress of your build,and may I say sir,it's looking damn good so far.

Sorry Guvnor,my apologies.

I wonder who else is getting pretty excited about the on coming release of Airfix's Boulton Paul Defiant in 1/48 scale?.......I know I am. It's due for release on the 2nd March this year,knowing Airfix,I'm sure it will be a much better version accuracy wise than the Classic airframe version that was pretty inaccurate to say the least.

Another WOW! from me too,that is a real beauty my friend,and you've absolutely nailed it.I'm really impressed with the finish,first class sir,very well done.

Excellent news indeed,and the fact that they're offering the markings for a 264 Sqd version really gives the icing on the cake !.........hopefully they'll be able to correct that awful problem with the wings the Classic Airframe version had,this is where the wings modelled,were'nt angled properly. That extra detail in the cockpit does look nice too,well done Airfix.

BTW,thank you to who ever was able to edit the title of my thread,correcting the MCM for ICM,I managed to edit the thread,but not the title,so thanks

Sorry,yes ICM of course