1/32 Boulton Paul Defiant - new kit design?

[Iain]

They do look rather good Peter - and commendably thin...

 

Quite something to be able to include injected parts of that quality in a low volume kit!!

 

Iain

[Philbucknall]

@airscale those look amazing!

[geedubelyer]

34 minutes ago, airscale said:

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

 

Testament to your design skills Peter.

I am thrilled that your supplier has translated your work into those apparently superb parts. 

 

This whole project continues to impress. 

 

You're setting the bar very high. 

[mozart]

What a relief Peter.....onwards and upwards!! Great news indeed.

[Simmo.b]

Nice Peter!!

Getting close now😃

[Greif8]

Superb Peter!

 

Ernest

[Tolga ULGUR]

23 hours ago, airscale said:

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

 

They look excellent Peter 

Is the sliding part suitable for the open position? The vacuform part I had was not suitable. So I left it in the closed position.

[airscale]

..all done - they are bloody superb!

 

 

 

 

not long now

 

Peter

[Tolga ULGUR]

13 minutes ago, airscale said:

..all done - they are bloody superb!

 

 

 

 

not long now

 

Peter

 

Woow

They look bloody fantastic.

[Hans]

Indeed they do!

[Shoggz]

Brilliant in all respects!

[JayW]

The transparencies are just amazing Peter - you just have to be feeling sky high.

[mozart]

And now that the transparencies are available, I can finalise their masks! The turret ones were challenging to design and, due to the number of “side cuts” that I had to introduce in order to get the curvature, it might be advisable to put a few blobs of maskol or similar over the cuts prior to painting. I have hopefully laid them out in “an intuitive” way so that it is self-evident where they fit:

 

 

After many trial fits and tweaks, all is ready for painting:

 

 

 

And done:

 

 

A bit of careless overspray on the inside of the main canopy to be cleared up, but as Peter said, the transparencies are very good.  A separate mask will also be provided for the interior green internal frames of the pilot’s canopy only.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2025 by mozart

[monthebiff]

This is all looking very very good indeed, fingers crossed I manage to bag one of them!

 

Regards. Andy

[LSP_Kevin]

Superb, Max!

 

Kev