1/48 Trumpeter F1 Boulton Paul Defiant Aircraft

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 bomber–destroyer, 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.

Kit Features:

• Scale:1:48
• Item Type:Plastic Model Aircraft Kit
• Model Brief:Length: 228.5mm Wingspan: 250mm
• Total Parts:70+
• Photo Etched Parts:1 piece
• Total Sprues:4 sprues
• More Features:The kit consists of over 70 parts, clear parts for canopy
  – Fuselage&wing with finely engraved panel lines