Trumpeter 02899 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant F1 Plastic Model Kit

The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a “turret fighter”, without any forward-firing guns. It was a contemporary of the Royal Navy’s Blackburn Roc. The concept of a turret fighter related directly to the successful First World War-era Bristol F.2 Fighter.

In practice, the Defiant was found to be reasonably effective as a bomberœdestroyer, but vulnerable to the Luftwaffe’s more agile, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Lack of forward armament proved to be a major weakness in daylight combat and its potential was only realized when it switched to night combat.

Item No	: 02899
Item Name	: Boulton Paul Defiant F1
Bar Code	: 9580208028996
Scale	: 1:48
Item Type	: Plastic Model Aircraft Kit
Model Brief	: Length: 228.5mm: Wingspan: 250mm:
Total Parts	: 70+
Metal Parts	: n/a
Photo Etched Parts	: 1 piece
Film Parts	: n/a
Resin Parts	: n/a
Total Sprues	: 4 sprues
Released Date	: 2016-12
More Features	: The kit consists of: over 70 parts ,clear parts for canopy – fuselage&wing with finely engraved panel lines:

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