MPM 1/72 Bolton Paul Defiant

[chief5437]

Well it's past midnight so I can start! Here's my entry.....

Well, I did have a box pic in photobucket but it seems to have vanished! Anyway, here's the sprues in the bag.


Just two sprues in this kit! Looks like nice details, no flash, but that counts for nothing til you start putting it together, lol!


Destructions are ok, sprue map, and photos. Would be better if the pics were in colour though!


Clear parts, photo etch and decals. Might have to use that sharks mouth, right or wrong, it'll look cool!


And the big finale... Resin cockpit and various vacform canopies! All included as standard, for about £17! If it goes together alright it'll be good value, considering a new airfix lightning in 1/72 has a rrp of £15 with no extras!


Really looking forward to this sig, there's some really cool looking kits already! Good luck everyone

[Thumboy]

Hi chief, nice kit will be following with interest Great value considering all the extras

[Rob]

Looks great Chief, an interesting prototype too

[Joesdad]

Yeah Chief looks great... I'm watching you

[chief5437]

Cheers guys! I'm hoping to get started today

Here's a quick video I found...



Love these old films

Thanks for looking, hopefully I'll have some pics to show soon

[patrickroos]

Interesting subject indeed. Looks like a decent kit with the extras.
Good luck!

[chief5437]

Right, first real update...

Got the cockpit done, went together ok. A bit of trial and error, but got there in the end. The side walls needed to be shortened, as did one of the bulkheads.

Pics are from iPhone so don't look very nice! Lol!







There's some lovely detail in there, shame it doesn't show in the pics. Also the weathering isn't quite as harsh as it looks here!!

That's it for now, cheers guys!

[patrickroos]

Holy cow, thats a Lightning start!
Youll be done Before I start...

Looking good mate!

[chief5437]

Holy cow, thats a Lightning start!
Youll be done Before I start...

Looking good mate!

Ha ha! Cheers dude! I'm like a kid at Christmas when a new GB starts, can't wait to get started! Lol!

[UKguyInUSA]

She' looking good Chief, and you're moving pretty quickly on this one!

I look forward to seeing her built and will be watching closely.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

Martin

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

This looks awesome mate!
I'm not competing in this SIG, but I will follow you CLOSELY!
So be aware...Muhaha! Happy modelling mate

[T3hGuppy]

Cockpit is looking the dogs dude.

[chief5437]

Hey guys, new update here. Firstly, thanks for your comments
Lots done but not many pics, sorry!

Added a few details to the wheel wells, not strictly accurate but adds interest...



Hard to see in this pic, but dry fitting showed that the wells needed a lot of sanding down to fit between the wing halves...



The prop blades don't have locating tabs so I drilled them out and added brass tube for strength...



Primed and masked for paint...



Started with a base of very dark grey, then masked off panels to spray with different grey tones...



All done...



Clear coat for decals...



Decals on, and some oils to start blending those panels together...



And that's where we are at the mo. Thanks for checking in,

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

We got "Speedy Consalez" and "Road runner", now we have " lightning Chief" too...
Blimey, fast progress... Looks great Chief!

[patrickroos]

WTF!!!

We just started and your waaaay past painting, decalling and applying filters!?!?

Your making us look bad here Chief!

So...whats Your next entry?

Nice work dude!!

[UKguyInUSA]

Did you get a couple of days off work or something?!! Last time I looked it was just a painted cockpit tub, now, you're almost completed her?!!

Looking real good their, Chief!

Cheers,

Martin

[Pabbi]

great work

[Thumboy]

Nice work chief the defiant is looking great one of the great things about 1/72 is that they come together so quickly. I am almost at the decal stage (should really do an update)

Looking forward to see how the blobs of oil paint come out, I haven't tried that method before. do you just streak them backwards with odourless thinners?

[eoinfinnegan]

Your doing a cracking job, good luck with the weathering

[chief5437]

Nice work chief the defiant is looking great one of the great things about 1/72 is that they come together so quickly. I am almost at the decal stage (should really do an update)

Looking forward to see how the blobs of oil paint come out, I haven't tried that method before. do you just streak them backwards with odourless thinners?

Cheers dude, yes, just like you would on armour, but in the direction of airflow. If you don't like it, it can just be wiped off with more thinner.

[chief5437]

Hey guys, final update ready!

Undercarriage fitted, quite complex for 1/72, 7 parts each side! I also added some brake hoses from wire.



I cut some chunks out of the wings to make landing lights from a PE disc



And that's when I forgot to take any more pics! All I did after was try to make the turret look ok. It's a terrible piece of plastic and even worse fit!

Anyway, all done now so I'll put the rest up in the reveal section.

Thanks for looking in!