Boulton Paul Defiant PR Mk I. Finished Pics Pg 4.

[PR19_Kit]

The Dagger works quite well on a previously Merlin-engined airframe actually.

[kerick]

The canopy definitely has an IL-2 vibe. Pilot and another crew member close enough together to shake hands? How very unBritish!
RTOOD2....LOL   

[2996 Victor]

The Dagger works quite well on a previously Merlin-engined airframe actually.

Like it! 6.Sqn Dagger Defiant Mk.IID? And Vickers 'S' guns - now that would have been a what-if!!! Poor old Erwin would have been caught with his panzers down 

Cheers,
Mark

[PR19_Kit]

Like it! 6.Sqn Dagger Defiant Mk.IID? And Vickers 'S' guns - now that would have been a what-if!!! Poor old Erwin would have been caught with his panzers down 

The build thread and backstory's here. https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=48076.0

[zenrat]

KP Sabre cowlings appear to be not significantly wider than Hasegawa Allison cowlings.
Photo in my blog page.

[Rheged]

Back in about 1961 or 1962, a very much younger Rheged converted an Airfix Defiant into a single seater with a single "large tank-busting gun" under each wing and  rockets borrowed from another kit (I forget which....but they were jade green and might possibly have been from  a Heller Alize).  This was my first ever whiff.............but it was not a great success as I had not at that point learned the dark art of PSR.      Kit's current iteration of a Defiant flying tin-opener is a delight to see, and a cogent backstory with it!

The canopy definitely has an IL-2 vibe. Pilot and another crew member close enough together to shake hands? How very unBritish!
RTOOD2....LOL   

I think this might have been permissible  BUT ONLY IF THEY HAD BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER AND/OR WORE THE SAME OLD SCHOOL TIE.

[PR19_Kit]

I think this might have been permissible  BUT ONLY IF THEY HAD BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER AND/OR WORE THE SAME OLD SCHOOL TIE.

ABSOLUTELY old chap! One has to maintain one's standards after all! 

[2996 Victor]

The build thread and backstory's here. https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=48076.0

Excellent! I do like the premise of a beefed-up Dagger and the whole Defiant tank-buster is a brilliant idea, plus it looks great in desert camo!

KP Sabre cowlings appear to be not significantly wider than Hasegawa Allison cowlings.

That opens up a raft of intriguing ideas (list of V-1710 aircraft pinched from Wiki):
Bell FM-1 Airacuda
Bell FL Airabonita
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
Curtiss XP-60A
Curtiss P-37
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster
Douglas DC-8
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
North American A-36 Apache
North American F-82 Twin Mustang
North American P-51 Mustang
Potentially, anything with a V-1710 could be engineered to fit. Mustang and Kittyhawk are the obvious ones, of course.

Back in about 1961 or 1962, a very much younger Rheged converted an Airfix Defiant into a single seater with a single "large tank-busting gun" under each wing and  rockets borrowed from another kit (I forget which....but they were jade green and might possibly have been from  a Heller Alize).  This was my first ever whiff.............but it was not a great success as I had not at that point learned the dark art of PSR.      Kit's current iteration of a Defiant flying tin-opener is a delight to see, and a cogent backstory with it!

It would have been good to see it!

I think this might have been permissible  BUT ONLY IF THEY HAD BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER AND/OR WORE THE SAME OLD SCHOOL TIE.

ABSOLUTELY old chap! One has to maintain one's standards after all! 

And not mix with the riff-raff

Cheers,
Mark

[Old Wombat]

Back in about 1961 or 1962, a very much younger Rheged

So, a bit before or about the time that I was born.

[PR19_Kit]

That opens up a raft of intriguing ideas (list of V-1710 aircraft pinched from Wiki):

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster
Douglas DC-8

Replacing the engines in an XB-42 would easy in WhiffWorld, you can't see their shape anyway as they're buried inside the fuselage. 

But surely the DC-8 is a mistake, the DC-8 was a four engined JET airliner?

[zenrat]

Sabrecobra, Sabrehawk, and Sabrestang have a good ring to them.

[2996 Victor]

the DC-8 is a mistake, the DC-8 was a four engined JET airliner?
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TBH I hadn't checked - sounds like good old Wiki!

Cheers,
Mark

[JayBee]

the DC-8 is a mistake, the DC-8 was a four engined JET airliner?

Only in the Real waorld! 

[2996 Victor]

Only in the Real waorld! 

 

[Doug K]

Really nice, as I've noted before I have an unhealthy Defiant obsession.....