Boulton Paul Defiant - some questions

[diamant]

Dear friends,

 

I have been working with my father on a new project, the Boulton Paul Defiant series. Although there are a lot of information, books and photos available I have gaps of information in some particular aircrafts.

 

These are the aircrafts already done:

 

1) Boulton Paul P.82 Defiant (K8310) Prototype - August 11, 1937

2) Boulton Paul P.82 Defiant K8620 Second prototype, with turret and Merlin II, flown May 18, 1939

3) Boulton Paul P.82 Defiant (K8310) Fighter Prototype

4) The Defiant first prototype, K8310 with a single 20mm Hispano cannon

5) Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I N3328 DZ/Z - 151 Sqdn as night fighter.

6) Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I N3340 DY/D 255 Sqdn based on RAF Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshine UK, early 1941

7) Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I V1110 RA/H of 410 Sqdn based at RAF Drem, UK, Autum 1941

8) Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II AA370 England 1941

9) Defiant Mk I L6950 with bomb racks, for trials at Aircraft Experimental Establishment 1939.

10) Defiant Mk I T3997 AQ on Air Sea Rescue duties with N 276 A.S.R. Squadrons 1942.     And these are the candidates. We only have 24 kits available. 11           Defiant Mk II     N1550   First prototype Mk II     1940      12           Defiant Mk II     N1550   First prototype Mk II     1942 13           Defiant TT III      DS121   1945 14           Defiant TT I         AA581   June 1944 15           Defiant NF Mk II AA583 ZJ/ M Flown by Squadron Leader R.C. Haine of 151 Sqdn 16           Defiant TT I         AA507  8 1945 Egypt 17           Defiant TT I         AA544  103 March-45     AACU N° 26 18           Defiant                AA292 P (Martin Baker Ejection Seat) 11 Octubre 1945 19           Defiant F Mk I   L7013 PS/ U 20           Defiant                ECM (Radar Countermeasures - Mandrel or Moonshine)  21          Defiant TT Mk I DS155   N° 22 AACU Karachi India Flown by Sq Ldr Young RAF 22           Defiant TT III      N388     January-43 23           Defiant TT I         DR863   July 1942 24           Defiant                T4007    In Naval service at St Merryn 25           Defiant TT I         DR967     I wonder If some of you could help us as you did in the past in previous projects     I have seen a profile of the Boulton Paul Defiant TT III DS121 of 733 NAS during 1945 with black and yellow striped undersides and silver painted fuselage sides and upper surfaces. This aircraft features small blue and white SEAC markings. The only references I have for this aircraft are drawings mentioned in: -              Scale_Aircraft_Modelling_-_Vol_16_No_04 page 179 -              Review of the Classic Airframes 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I / III Target Tug   Does any of you could confirm that this scheme is correct?. There should be a  a photo of this aircraft somewhere.   Many thanks in advance   Kind regards Santiago   PD: I posted the photos of the models done on the Ready for inspection section.

Edited May 8, 2017 by diamant

[charlie_c67]

Personally, I'm looking forward to numbers 18, 20 and 24. Have you any WiP pics of the Defiant fighter prototype? Interested to see how you achieved it.