My stash just grew again (2015)

[PR19_Kit]

First Spitfires of the year!

The first of many, I have no doubt. 

[NARSES2]

btw, brother narses. I think you got a miss-packed set of instructions as the ones in my IVF were fine.

Not miss-packed but miss-printed (I used to know their sister mis-demeanor  ). The front page and back 2 are for the Blenheim, the rest for the Gnat

[DogfighterZen]

First kit of 2015 from the bay, Hasegawa's 1/72 F-20 tigershark for a Portuguese whiff.

[Spey_Phantom]

from the discount store this afternoon:

2 x Revell 1/144 P-47D Thunderbolts (99 cents a piece  )

[Dizzyfugu]

First kit of 2015 from the bay, Hasegawa's 1/72 F-20 tigershark for a Portuguese whiff.

Nice! Would be a perfect A-7P replacement. 

[Hobbes]

A set of scribing templates from Royal Model.

[Thorvic]

via eBay

Airfix 1/72 BP Defiant (new tool)

Looks a nice little kit 

[zenrat]

From the LHS.
1/72 Academy Catalina "Black Cat".  Comes with additional RAAF decals which I won't use as it'll be a civilian amphibian.  Possibly a turbocat.

[NARSES2]

From the Big H new tool Airfix 1/72 Defiant. Looks a delightfull kit   Must admit I had no idea there was a night fighter with a shark's mouth   Also my initial reaction on seeing the transfer sheet was to think they'd got the rudder stripe blue way to light a shade. Then you look at the instructions and it says that photos of the aircraft would appear to indicate that this was indeed the case.

This will be a real world day fighter which I think is a very attractive looking option  

[kitnut617]

From the Big H new tool Airfix 1/72 Defiant. Looks a delightfull kit   Must admit I had no idea there was a night fighter with a shark's mouth   Also my initial reaction on seeing the transfer sheet was to think they'd got the rudder stripe blue way to light a shade. Then you look at the instructions and it says that photos of the aircraft would appear to indicate that this was indeed the case.

This will be a real world day fighter which I think is a very attractive looking option  

In light of it's day-time short-comings, I wonder if mounting a couple of gun pods under the wing (like Hurricane Mk.IV's) with .5's or 20mm's would have been feasible ----- 

[PR19_Kit]

The Defiant had quite a high wing loading, especially compared to a Hurricane. Any more guns and it's turning circle may have exceeded the width of the Channel........

[NARSES2]

The Defiant had quite a high wing loading, especially compared to a Hurricane. Any more guns and it's turning circle may have exceeded the width of the Channel........

Would that still apply if you removed the turret ? I ask because one of my MPM examples is slated as a single seat light bomber with bomb cells in the wings

[PR19_Kit]

The Defiant had quite a high wing loading, especially compared to a Hurricane. Any more guns and it's turning circle may have exceeded the width of the Channel........

Would that still apply if you removed the turret ? I ask because one of my MPM examples is slated as a single seat light bomber with bomb cells in the wings

That would improve it a lot Chris, that turret must have weighed a fair proportion of the overall weight of the aircraft.

Comparative figures :-

Hurricane (IIC) :- Wing area = 257.5 sq ft Weight max = 7670 lbs Wing Loading = 29.8 lb/Sq ft

Spitfire (Vb) :- Wing area = 242.1 sq ft Weight max = 6622 lbs Wing Loading = 27.4 lb/Sq ft

Defiant (Mk I) :- Wing area = 250.0 sq ft Weight max = 8600 lbs Wing Loading = 34.4 lb/Sq ft

And all that added weight of the Defiant is in the structure, it didn't carry more fuel etc. apart from the extra weight of the gunner.

[Dizzyfugu]

The Defiant had quite a high wing loading, especially compared to a Hurricane. Any more guns and it's turning circle may have exceeded the width of the Channel........

Would that still apply if you removed the turret ? I ask because one of my MPM examples is slated as a single seat light bomber with bomb cells in the wings

Also have Pavla Defiant that lost its turret (to a Wellesley), and now it waits for a decent idea for a conversion.

[Mossie]

P.96?  Defiant with Sabre or Centaurus (or anything else), fixed armament was investigated. There was an earlier P.88 with the Vulture or Hercules offered (the Hercules powered version had a deeper fuselage).  Basically, beef it up with a powerplant of your choice, since you've not got the turret fair the spine in to make a single or two seater.  Either that, or loose the spine altogether and add a bubble canopy.



There was an earlier P.88 too, with the Vulture and Hercules offered: