The Supermarine Defender F3

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 04:53:35 AM

As I've had official confirmation that I can start sawing plastic, I'd better start a build thread, complete with the required pics.

Here then is the Supermarine Defender F3, the RAF's first swept wing fighter, beaten into service only by the Me-262.

The boxes.....

And the components.

And how it will look when it's done, hopefully.

Knightflyer · June 08, 2022, 05:01:44 AM

This I like very much!

The Wooksta! · June 08, 2022, 06:24:49 AM

If you'd asked, I could've passed along the relevant swept surfaces, as I'm doing the Nene Type 528 Swift. I moulded all the surfaces from the Magna Swift F1.

You'd be better off starting with a 510 from Whirlybird. I think Gondor had one he didn't have a user for.

perttime · June 08, 2022, 06:45:59 AM

Looks like a lot of wing area. A lot of lift, perhaps. You might have to move main undercarriage forward to keep it as a taildragger (??)

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 06:51:48 AM

I only drew the wings up y'day.

They're not whole Swift or 510, but a mix of both, and they need to be big to get to the altitude required.

Gondor · June 08, 2022, 07:44:26 AM

I still have that 510 put to one side for you Lee.

I think the drawing looks a little bit H.P.88 to my eyes.

Gondor

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 08:19:46 AM

It's half a Swift and half an Attacker.

Dizzyfugu · June 08, 2022, 09:05:31 AM

A "Swittacker"?

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 10:17:40 AM

Exactly............

Knightflyer · June 08, 2022, 10:45:43 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 08, 2022, 09:05:31 AM
A "Swittacker"?

To be nicknamed 'Roger' (swittacker) because of the whistling noise it's engine makes ?

JayBee · June 08, 2022, 11:13:17 AM

I do think, Kit, that you should be considering a trike u/c for this.

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 11:53:06 AM

Quote from: JayBee on June 08, 2022, 11:13:17 AM

I do think, Kit, that you should be considering a trike u/c for this.

Then it would be much of a Swift.

The backstory will say that the RAF wanted a swept wing fighter SO much that they'd put up with a few scorched runways and taxiways.

The Wooksta! · June 08, 2022, 01:37:59 PM

It would still have been called Swift - that was the name for everything in the development programme, from the Type 510 to the in service aircraft.

PR19_Kit · June 08, 2022, 02:41:59 PM

The backstory will tell why it's called the Defender...............

Most of it's already written in my head.

Captain Canada · June 08, 2022, 04:11:36 PM

I like the way that one looks. Have fun !