1/32 Boulton Paul Defiant - new kit design?

[Iain]

I'd love to see a Roc and/or a Skua - but then I have an interest in FAA types - and the Norwegian campaign...

 

Iain

[geedubelyer]

6 hours ago, thierry laurent said:

Skua...?

 

2 hours ago, DrDave said:

Be daft to do the Turret and then not do a Roc and then a Skua.

 

53 minutes ago, morane said:

And mine too 

 

 

"Heroic contribution"?

 

 

[DonH]

On 4/26/2025 at 7:43 PM, airscale said:

i can neither confirm nor deny it is a Wellington, Battle or Lysander..

 

here are 3 bits of it..

 

Looks like a Spey Toom to me. At last! Thank you Peter.

[TimW]

I'm in...

[Martinnfb]

[morane]

18 hours ago, geedubelyer said:

 

 

 

 

"Heroic contribution"?

 

 

Heroic contribution? In his own way surely:
- It was a Skua that scored the first British aerial victory of the war (on a Do-18)
- On 10 April 1940, 16 Skuas of 800 and 803 FFA Squadron sank the German cruiser Königsberg in the port of Bergen during the German invasion of Norway. She was the first major warship to be sunk by dive bombing.
On the other hand, I wonder if there is a solid documentation that allows you to make a model as good as the Defiant

Richard

[airscale]

1/24 scale Defiant kit commission with vacform transparencies...

 

a big beast

 

 

 

Peter

[geedubelyer]

That's an interesting development Peter. 

 

It would be nice to have a chat about that (or similar anyway) with you sometime.  

[mozart]

Wow!  Is there a limit to scale size Peter; would 1/18 or even 1/12 be feasible?  Just thinking of the future and asking for “a friend”!

Edited April 29 by mozart

[JayW]

Oh wow!  1/24.  Peter - are you still limited to the size of the Saturn, or do you now have a larger printer?   For me and the 1/18 P-51B, the size of the printer designed alot of my bigger parts.

[Philbucknall]

I'm guessing a mossie for the next kit? amarite?!?!

[Martinnfb]

I love the instructions styling, nice touch.

[airscale]

7 hours ago, geedubelyer said:

That's an interesting development Peter. 

 

It would be nice to have a chat about that (or similar anyway) with you sometime.  

 

6 hours ago, mozart said:

Wow!  Is there a limit to scale size Peter; would 1/18 or even 1/12 be feasible?  Just thinking of the future and asking for “a friend”!

 

 

Well Max no part can exceed 22cm by 12cm on the print plate, or 25cm high so anything big needs to be cut down into parts. I reckon something as big as a Wellington in 1/32 would fit as the breaks would be forward fuselage, mid section, rear fuselage, then inner & outer wings.. not saying I am doing one, just saying I think it could be done

 

(or an Anson )

 

 

4 hours ago, JayW said:

Oh wow!  1/24.  Peter - are you still limited to the size of the Saturn, or do you now have a larger printer?   For me and the 1/18 P-51B, the size of the printer designed alot of my bigger parts.

 

 

Hi Jay, no, still the trusty Saturn(s) - I bought the new Ultra 16K which has a slightly bigger build plate and it's rubbish, it's £500 sitting in my garage gathering dust..

 

 

2 hours ago, Philbucknall said:

I'm guessing a mossie for the next kit? amarite?!?!

 

 

..afraid not

 

 

2 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

I love the instructions styling, nice touch.

 

 

..thanks Martin - the whole thing is styled on the period documentation, as will be revealed when I send Iain a review copy soon

 

TTFN

Peter

[mozart]

Best I start saving then! 

[airscale]

the test shot clear parts are here - I am speechless, they are AMAZING!!

 

 

 

I am beyond happy - this has always been the biggest worry - now its a production order and the kit will be available in the next few weeks

 

..now to see if they all fit as they should 😎

 

Peter