1/72 Airfix Boulton Paul Defiant Mk 1

Gallery Article by Scott Pasishnek on Oct 6 2016

 

      

This is the Airfix 1/72nd scale Boulton Paul Defiant Mk 1 in the markings of No 264 Squ, RAF Martlesham Heath, July 1940.

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The kit went together rather well other than removing the standard flash and some minor filling here and there and it was ready for paint. The model was first undercoated with decanted Tamiya grey fine surface primer then finished with Tamiya and Vallejo paints. I used blue tac to mask off the camouflage patterns and areas in and around the landing gear. Decals went down with no issues over a coat of future as the gloss agent. Gunze flat clear was used to dull the gloss and seal the decals in to avoid silvering. The only additions to the model were seat belts made of lead foil, a pitot tube made of different gage hollow needles, wing tip landing lights and some fishing line for the antenna wires.

Overall this was a fun build and I’d highly recommend this kit to advanced and novice modellers as well.

Scott Pasishnek

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Photos and text © by Scott Pasishnek