Dave_R Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Hi all, Although time is very short, I can't resist giving this a go:- On 31 December 1935, the British Air Ministry issued Specification O.30/35 for a carrier-based turret-armed fighter. Blackburn proposed a derivative of the Skua, to be called the Roc (a large mythical bird - that was probably quite slow flying and relatively harmless), while Boulton Paul proposed a version of its land-based Defiant turret fighter. As the "Sea Defiant" was clearly the superior aircraft naturally it was chosen. It went on to do useful service combating German Condors and U-boats in the North Atlantic. The well known Airfix Defiant and arrestor hook, 20mm cannon and decals from the Revell Sea Hurricane. Dave. Edited November 21, 2015 by Dave_R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Fun. Are you going to add extra flappery to get the landing speed down? Think Firefly perhaps, with some extra trailing edge fairings covering flap extension tracks? In an alternative universe, the Roc was built at Boulton Paul's Wolverhampton factory because the Defiant was not ready for production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Nice one. The Defiant is my favourite WW-2 plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Hi Graham Extra flaps would be interesting, but practically time won't allow. The Sea Hurricane managed without extra flaps (as far as I know), I don't know about the relative landing speeds - but with best pilots and enough wind across the deck and it *might* have been OK without. Dave. Edited November 21, 2015 by Dave_R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Welcome to the GB Dave. An interesting idea and a tight deadline to realise it. Best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi all, Made some progress this weekend, finished the interior with Eduard PE bits. Next up, time to get it all stuck together - luckily it fits together beautifully. Dave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Update, I've made reasonable progress and the end is in sight. As predicted in went together beautifully. Added the 20mm cannon, bomb racks and arrestor hook from the Revell Hurricane. Also cut some holes for ejected 20mm shell cases and added a new panels on top of the wing for reloading the cannon. Airbrushed Humbrol 90 underneath..... .... and Xtracrylix Dark Slate Grey on top. I masked-up using AML pre-cut masks, to save time.... ... and sprayed with Xtracrylix Extra Dark Sea Grey, and there we are. One of the most attractive colour schemes of WW2. Still some work to do - but it should be done in time. Dave. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Nice work adding those essential parts to navalise the Defiant Dave and the paint looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Cool. What markings are you thinking? Operation Torch? Operation Overlord? Watching with interest (you're putting my tardiness to shame.....) Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Very nice !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Lovely paint job. May I ask, where did you get the camo masks from? Edited November 27, 2015 by S5 modeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Cool. What markings are you thinking? Operation Torch? Operation Overlord? Watching with interest (you're putting my tardiness to shame.....) Trevor Hi Trevor, The only choice of decals are those that came with the Revell Sea Hurricane, - so Dave. Lovely paint job. May I ask, where did you get the camo masks from? Hi, I got them from Hannants - AML Paint Mask £2.80, with free postage. Good value really - the only down side is edge is bit hard as they don't sit-up from the surface the way blu-tack worms do. But they are re-usable (sort of) and I might try sticking them on with little blobs of blu-tack to get a soft edge on my next Defiant. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Hi all, Here's the state of play with 36 ish hours to go. So... hi ho, hi ho, a stencilling I must go Dave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Well done Dave. I'm sure you will make it in time. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 One final push! Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Come on Dave, you can make it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hi all, I've just finished the final photos and after I've had something to eat I'll be putting them up . Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fids Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 What are you eating Dave? been hour and half now Breath suitably baited for both kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hi Fids, I'm now full of Pizza and little of Asda finest Vino and ready to post. Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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