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. _x000D_
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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. _x000D_
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Item No 02899 _x000D_
Item Name Boulton Paul Defiant F1 _x000D_
Bar Code 9580208028996 _x000D_
Scale 1:48 _x000D_
Item Type Plastic Model Aircraft Kit _x000D_
Model Brief Length: 228.5mm Wingspan: 250mm _x000D_
Total Parts 70+ _x000D_
Metal Parts n/a _x000D_
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece _x000D_
Film Parts n/a _x000D_
Resin Parts n/a _x000D_
Total Sprues 4 sprues _x000D_
Released Date 2016-12 _x000D_
More Features The kit consists of over 70 parts ,clear parts for canopy _x000D_
- fuselage&wing with finely engraved panel lines
