Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 Airfix
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2 7 February 2017, 20:10
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Looks good so far Ferry. I'm interesting in getting the Airfix 1/48 Defiant. It sounds like there new 1/72 and 1/48 kits are well tooled.
8 February 2017, 15:40
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Thank you gorbygould. Yes the 1/72 kit fits really good, and the details are crisp as well. I must say I'm also interested in the 1/48 version of this kit. But first finish this one.
10 February 2017, 15:56
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It looks very good Ferry. I like this paint scheme variant. I have this kit also in my stash but I am not sure which variant I want to build. I like the flat black paint, which colour did you use for this? (Brand).
27 February 2017, 21:31
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Thank you Marco and Alec. And yes Marco that was also the reason for me to build the nightfighter in all matt black. Just to keep things easy for me I used Revell Aquacolor Seidenmatt/silkmatt black 36302 to start. After all decals where placed I gave it a coat of Revell aquacolor clear matt 36102. A little weathering was done using dark grey pastels and a light dash of some colours (dark rust, silver and white) from the Tamiya weathering masters sets. The use of the dark grey pastels gave a used look and feel on the matt black paint.
28 February 2017, 16:52
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Many thanks for your explain Ferry. My first nightfighter was the Airfix Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVF. I used the Vallejo 73.602 Black primer and it was planned to finish it with Vallejo 71.057 Black, but the primer looks perfect to me and I leave it just with the primer. But I think I try the Revell 36302 for the Boulton Paul Defiant. I used the Tamiya weathering masters at the first time at my B-17 project and I was very satisfied with the usage and the final result.
28 February 2017, 21:48
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My pleasure Marco, and looking forward to your build of the Defiant.
2 March 2017, 16:59
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Very nice work and a lifelike painting. Not that easy to bring a black surface to life, but you kept it very well 👍
21 April 2017, 09:56
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The new tooling of this kit by Airfix. Until now a very nice build. I think Airfix did a great job on the new tooling for this aircraft. The glazing of the cockpit and gun turret however could do with a little bit more of relief to make the masking somewhat easier.