Boulton Paul Defiant

[apophenia]

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[jcf]

( What's the Kentish for Schräge Musik ??)

Ummm,  we did it before the bloody cabbage-eaters? 

[Caveman]

( What's the Kentish for Schräge Musik ??)

Ummm,  we did it before the bloody cabbage-eaters? 

Certainly
http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/west_f29-27.php

[jcf]

( What's the Kentish for Schräge Musik ??)

Ummm,  we did it before the bloody cabbage-eaters? 

Certainly
http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/west_f29-27.php

Yep and the competitor, the lovely Vickers 161:
http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/vickers_161.php

We now return you to the subject at hand, how about a Fairey Prince powered Defiant?

[GTX]

Some more ideas from the Turreted Fighters thread:



Super Defiant:


Interdictor variant:


Anti-tank variant:


Competitor for Blackburn Roc:


Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

And, who could forget the hero of the Battle of Britain - the Boulton Paul Defiant Corvette class airship.  Operating as part of His Majesty's Royal Air Fleet (RAF), these were instrumental in defending Britain from Hitler's/Goering's Luftwaffe Zeppelin attacks of 1940:



Regards,

Greg

[sequoiaranger]

>Here's a few Defiant whifs that I've noticed on the site:<

I'll add mine:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1192

I don't know what perversity has made the Defiant a favorite aircraft of mine. Maybe it was, back in 1962, when this California teenager strolled into a REAL hobby shop in Northwood (outside London), and fondled a cheap (2 Shilling, I believe) bag with black plastic and an exciting illustration of a strange "fighter" with a turret behind the pilot. I had never heard of such a thing. I was introduced to the wonderful world of Airfix, FROG, and Humbrol (paint tins) and was HOOKED! I went home with my suitcase STUFFED with such bags and boxes.

[Arc3371]

A variant of the GTX twin Defiant

[Logan Hartke]

Those are great.  They really look like they should have been.

Good work, apophenia.

Cheers,

Logan

[NARSES2]

I do like that 

[Stargazer]

Omigod! The French Defiants are just amazing! And they look so right! Congratulations, apophenia. Wish someone would now turn them into plastic...

[Stargazer]

Another great Defiant project on this very forum, the Defiant-ski...

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,27631.msg417601/topicseen.html#new

[Sauragnmon]

If I'm looking at it right, I see a nicely sized belly radiator on that thing... it almost begs for a jet conversion similar to the Yaks... hmmmm... evil thoughts abound...

[GTX]

Long-range escort fighter?

Interesting - extra fuel tank where the gunner was?

Regards,

Greg

[Sauragnmon]

not quite - he moved the pit back, Greg - the nose is longer on top.