Mig88 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Here is the other of my first kits of the year, finished during this week simultaneously with the Airfix Buffalo. I had hoped to finish both before year's end but I didn't make it. It's F-toys 1:144 Brewster B-339C Buffalo finished as B-3110 flown by Kapt van Helsdingen of 2 Vliegtuig Groep V, Netherlands East Indies Army Air Corps (ML-KNIL), Singapore, in January 1942. It is basically a repaint and rebuild of a pre-painted Gashapon snap-fit kit with a few improvements. The partially-assembled parts were taken apart and all of the main parts were left in alcohol for a while after which removing the paint was quite easy. I made some modifications in the cockpit. Dutch B-339s didn't have a headrest so I cut it off. There was a gap between the seat and the rear cockpit decking (for the canopy tabs). I filled the space with scrap resin leaving space for the canopy tabs on the sides. I scratchbuilt a roll bar from stretched sprue. The propeller was completely replaced from spare parts from Mark I Models kits and is a great improvement over the F-toys part which has seriously undersized blades. Another missing detail I added was the small mast on the tail fin. The Dutch aircraft had a different radio wire arrangement with the middle wire in front of the cockpit rather than behind. The colours of the F-toys kit were awful and way off. From various sources, it seems these machines were painted with US colours so I painted the kit with US Medium Green 42 and US Olive Drab 41 (Aircraft Colors range). I really like this scheme! The kit was fully brush painted and varnished. I'll be repeating this scheme on a captured IJAAF B-339D from one of the Mark I Models boxing I'll be starting this weekend. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome. Miguel 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Amazing work, I really like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Beautiful Buffalo, nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Lovely Buffalo Miguel. Nice to see this in 1/144 and I expect painting the cockpit canopy and underside windows was a bit of a challenge! Very nice model. Cheers, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 That's incredible! It looks like 1/72! Nice paint scheme too -- I like rarely seen paint schemes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 23 hours ago, Roberto said: Amazing work, I really like it. 22 hours ago, Wulfman said: Beautiful Buffalo, nice work ! Wulfman 20 hours ago, Andy Young said: Lovely Buffalo Miguel. Nice to see this in 1/144 and I expect painting the cockpit canopy and underside windows was a bit of a challenge! Very nice model. Cheers, Andy In this case not so much Andy, as they were well defined. Obviously, I use magnifying glasses and any mistakes I deal with by gently scraping off with a toothpick. 17 hours ago, opus999 said: That's incredible! It looks like 1/72! Nice paint scheme too -- I like rarely seen paint schemes. Me too!! Thank you very much to all! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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