I started this kit yesterday, Airfix's new tool Blenheim mk.IF - the fighter verion of the Blenheim light bomber. It wasn't a great success as a day fighter (It achieved much better success as a Nightfighter and (I think) was the first aircraft fitted with an AI radar) but it filled a gap during the Battle of Britain when we needed to get as much in the air as possible. It was one of the five fighters used by the RAF during the battle, the others obviously being the Spitfire, Hurricane, Defiant and Gladiator.
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This it the scheme I'll be doing - typical RAF Temperate Land Scheme
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Work has started, all the sub-assemblies are built ready for paint.
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If you don't know it, this is what I'm going for. The fighter variant had a gun pack placed over the Bomb bay doors containing x4 .303 guns. This combined with another .303 in the wing, plus the Vickers K in the turret was the extent of it's armament - not very much when compared to the later Beaufighter and Mosquito.
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Cheers!