1/72 Boulton Paul P94

[fastmongrel]

I bought this Defiant night fighter kit at a swap meet a couple of years ago.

I fully intended to build a Defiant but every time I opened the box I lost interest. I decided time to get building something I thought of a target tug but then I saw a photo of a P94.

How hard can it be

Several false starts got me this far

 

[Wurger]

PS. What's wrong with the kit?

 

[fastmongrel]

PS. What's wrong with the kit?

Absolutely nothing it just didn't grab my attention. I just don't seem to be interested in something that's not obscure, weird or frankly looks like an offence to the eyes.

 

[Crimea_River]

A turretless Defiant. Another new one to me.

 

[fastmongrel]

The prototype P94 I am not even sure it ever flew or was properly tested

 

[Capt. Vick]

Pssst! Over here... So ah...what...what are you gonna do with the leftover pieces? Be a shame if the went to waste. Maybe give them to someone to use on a Albemarle or Liberator? What me? Well I wouldn't say no...

 

[fastmongrel]

Pssst! Over here... So ah...what...what are you gonna do with the leftover pieces? Be a shame if the went to waste. Maybe give them to someone to use on a Albemarle or Liberator? What me? Well I wouldn't say no...

The turret and its glazing are yours

 

[fastmongrel]

Capt. Vick This seems to be all the turret parts but won't know for certain until I finish.

 

[Wurger]

Absolutely nothing it just didn't grab my attention. I just don't seem to be interested in something that's not obscure, weird or frankly looks like an offence to the eyes.

I see.

 

[fubar57]

From "Boulton Paul Defiant" by Mark Ansell...

 

[fastmongrel]

I decided to assemble the propeller. There's no way of attaching the prop blades to the hub other than a butt joint and no markings to help with alignment so I have drilled the hub and blades to take 0.7mm brass pins. This will give me some flexibility on alignment and reinforcing when I use thin superglue to fix everything in place.

 

[rochie]

Good plan, well executed !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Capt. Vick This seems to be all the turret parts but won't know for certain until I finish. View attachment 615367

Sweet! Whatever you want, Terry will pay it!

 

[fastmongrel]

The piece of black plasticard will provide a solid base to build up the spine of the fuselage. I need to let the joint dry hard so I can shape it to the other fuselage half. Only a bit of shaving but need a solid base to work on.

 

[fastmongrel]

Made a good start on building up the spine. The canopy is a cut down Gloster Meteor FIII canopy, still needs a bit of fitting but looks good.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

Might build an arrester hook and make it an FAA fighter

 

[fubar57]

Impressive

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking forward to the sculpting.