illustratedman
Airman
- 16
- Dec 8, 2008
Hi folks just found this forum, have already posted this question in several other forums but it seems that Boulton Paul turret info is rarer than hens teeth so had little luck so far. Have already found a ton of stuff on this forum that I couldn't find elsewhere so I'm hoping I'm in the right place. Apologies if you are also a member of those other forums and are now sick of me banging on about the Boulton Paul Defiant
I'm trying to make a 3d model of a Boulton Paul defiant, I have enough reasonable 4 views etc I think to model the aircraft but the turret is proving difficult to find reference pix of. I think I've got just about every image that you can from googling but really need blueprints, plans, cutaways or other more technical type drawings. The turret is a Boulton Paul type A. I have made a start by modelling the browning 303 but am already a bit stuck on reference for the firiing mechanism, some sort of solenoid or pneumatic trigger that might be fixed to the side plate or bottom - anyone have a better idea of what they look like when attached to the browning? Also can't really tell how the ammo is fed into the guns or how the links/cases are extracted - anyone know of any reference that shows this? I have one of the ecellent air ministry training films on dvd (the unseen films set) and have managed to grab a few frames from it but the areas I'm intersted in are tantalisingly indisctinct. I have the number for the correct air ministry publication that details boulton paul type A turrets (Air Publication Number AP1659C) but haven't been able to see a copy of it yet. When/if this model ever gets finished I had intended to do a series of renders focussing on the turret so I really need to make that part of the model as detailed as possible.
Any help would be gratefully received.
cheers
alex
I'm trying to make a 3d model of a Boulton Paul defiant, I have enough reasonable 4 views etc I think to model the aircraft but the turret is proving difficult to find reference pix of. I think I've got just about every image that you can from googling but really need blueprints, plans, cutaways or other more technical type drawings. The turret is a Boulton Paul type A. I have made a start by modelling the browning 303 but am already a bit stuck on reference for the firiing mechanism, some sort of solenoid or pneumatic trigger that might be fixed to the side plate or bottom - anyone have a better idea of what they look like when attached to the browning? Also can't really tell how the ammo is fed into the guns or how the links/cases are extracted - anyone know of any reference that shows this? I have one of the ecellent air ministry training films on dvd (the unseen films set) and have managed to grab a few frames from it but the areas I'm intersted in are tantalisingly indisctinct. I have the number for the correct air ministry publication that details boulton paul type A turrets (Air Publication Number AP1659C) but haven't been able to see a copy of it yet. When/if this model ever gets finished I had intended to do a series of renders focussing on the turret so I really need to make that part of the model as detailed as possible.
Any help would be gratefully received.
cheers
alex