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fubar57
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Doing some research so not to be caught short I read this.."Too allow the turret a clear field of fire, two rather large radio masts were located on the underside of the fuselage. These masts retracted when the undercarriage was extended". All most every photo I've seen of a Defiant on the ground still has the masts extended. I have found one photo with the rear mast retracted...
and now that I look at it, the tip of the forward mast is a different color. This is what Airfix shows so maybe I have to lop of 6mm. Speaking of antennae, I also found this...
...antennae running from the horizontal stab to the fuselage. The photo of my aircraft is too grainy to show this and Airfix makes no mention of it. Anyhoo...back to modelin'. Airfix gets the "You Tried" award for the instrument panel...
...to be covered by this...
Painted and awaiting the decal.
If anyone has thoughts about the antennae I'd appreciate hearing them, lots of time before I get to that stage