Airfix : Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I : 1/48 Scale Model : In Box Review

Airfix : Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I : 1/48 Scale Model : In Box Review

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I

  • Manufacturer: Airfix
  • Scale: 1/48
  • Camera Angels: 3
  • Camera Definition: Full HD
  • Presented By: Bobby Waldron
  • Marking options: 2
  • Model dimension: Length: 224mm Wingspan: 249mm Height: 71mm
  • Decals: Airfix
  • PE parts: No
  • Painting mask: No
  • Resin parts: No
  • Item No: A05128

The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a “turret fighter”, without any fixed forward-firing guns, also found in the Blackburn Roc of the Royal Navy.

In combat, the Defiant was found to be reasonably effective at destroying bombers but was vulnerable to the Luftwaffe’s more manoeuvrable, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. The lack of forward-firing armament proved to be a great weakness in daylight combat and its potential was realised only when it was converted to a night fighter. It eventually equipped thirteen squadrons in this role, compared to just two squadrons as a day-fighter. In mid-1942 it was replaced by better performing night-fighters, the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito.

The Defiant continued to find use in gunnery training, target towing, electronic countermeasures and air-sea rescue. Among RAF pilots it had the nickname “Daffy”.


Airfix : Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I : 1/48 Scale Model : In Box Review


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