Masks for the glazing and the national insignia of the Boulton Paul Defiant turret fighter in the Mk I and Mk II versions.
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The Defiant built on an idea that looked excellent on paper: concentrate all the armament in a rotating turret behind the pilot and let the gunner aim independently of the direction of flight. Four machine guns in an electrically driven turret were all the aircraft had. The pilot had no fixed gun at his disposal.
In May 1940 over Dunkirk it worked. German crews mistook the machine for a Hurricane, attacked from behind and ran into fire they had not expected. Once the trick got around, though, the advantage vanished in a single morning: in July 1940 one squadron lost most of the aircraft it had put up in a single engagement. The command pulled the type out of daylight fighting and sent it into the night, where it paradoxically became the most successful night fighter of the winter of 1940. The Mk II design received a stronger Merlin and an airborne radar. The last examples ended their service as target tugs and searching for downed airmen over the sea.
The package holds glazing masks for the view from outside and from inside and three parts for the national insignia. The frames of the turret and of the pilot's canopy have sharp transitions where hand-laid tape usually lets paint bleed under it, so pre-cut film does the greatest work here. The package holds no paints and no plastic parts.
The set covers both of the designations named, because their glazing does not differ in shape. For the modeler that means the choice of scheme can wait until the moment he is standing at the airbrush.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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