Doccur Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hi all, my latest build as part of the Nordic GB. WIP here. Aircraft depicted was flown by Eino Luukkanen for LeLv 24 of the Finnish Air Force in the continuation war. Interestingly for his kills he painted (stuck?) beer labels on his tail. He managed 14.5 victories during this conflict using the buffalo. I like to call this aeroplane the Barrel! But the Finns called it the Pearl of the Sky! The model took me a long time due to the limited run nature of the kit and how it is as the largest model I’ve built to date. The detail is incredible but the fit can be dreadful. I would definitely recommend the kit though. I may have used a bit of poetic license with the weathering but I wanted to try something (Rivet counters beware!!! ). I sprayed the model all over Vallejo aluminium and applied masking fluid in certain areas and then sprayed the camo using a variety of acrylic paints. I weathered the model using revell weathering powders. Only thing I’m unhappy with is a seam still visible on the lower surface and the shade of the grey (it’s supposed to be black). Hope you enjoy however: Cheers, Ash 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Magnificent build and and smooth finish! Although personally, I can't quite convince my eyes to interpret those liberally applied blotches of grey or silver paint as wear and chipping… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Grand build of a Brewster ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Although personally, I can't quite convince my eyes to interpret those liberally applied blotches of grey or silver paint as wear and chipping… If I’m honest I’m not overly happy with the result, but for a first time using the method Im not overly disappointed either. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Looks good to me! Nice to see the Buffalo's days of glory represented 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Excellent Buffalo. I know you had some trials and tribulations too, so there's that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Beautiful work Ash🙂 To my eye the camouflage looks very good; the gray is dark enough (giving that you photographed the model under direct Sunlight). Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Great work Ash, great looking Buffalo, I know what you mean with this kit I built the MK1 variant of the kit Nd thoroughly enjoyed it but it did take a while to build but is impressive when built. Great job on your model All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 You`ve done a lovely job and it looks awesome in its Finnish markings. I have one to build a British aircraft one day,...... I was wondering what the fit would be like,..... unfortunately uou`ve confirmed my suspicions but your reccomendation is encouraging and if it turns out half as good as yours I shall be happy!!! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 20 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Great work Ash, great looking Buffalo, I know what you mean with this kit I built the MK1 variant of the kit Nd thoroughly enjoyed it but it did take a while to build but is impressive when built. Great job on your model All the best Chris Hi Chris, thanks! High praise indeed considering yours looks extraordinary! I think we can both agree that the end product is well worth the pain of building her. 18 hours ago, tonyot said: You`ve done a lovely job and it looks awesome in its Finnish markings. I have one to build a British aircraft one day,...... I was wondering what the fit would be like,..... unfortunately uou`ve confirmed my suspicions but your reccomendation is encouraging and if it turns out half as good as yours I shall be happy!!! Cheers Tony Hi Tony, Thankyou very much. I do like the British two tone underside camo these. Buffaloes had so I may have to build another one in those colours! Forewarned it Forearmed so I hope the difficulties I faced will stand you in good stead for when you build yours. I look forward to seeing an RFI of it at some point in the future Cheers Ash 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Doccur said: Hi Chris, thanks! High praise indeed considering yours looks extraordinary! I think we can both agree that the end product is well worth the pain of building her Thanks Ash that is very kind of you, I had lots of very kind help from BM members when I had questions who were able to provide some images in the WWII thread. Great model and great work on yours, I do like the beer mat score cards. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Looks good to me, must build mine some day Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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