Mig88 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Hello everyone Here is the third of three Mark I Models 1:144 Buffalo kits I have completed this past weekend. It represents White 24 (BuNo 1431), US Naval Air Training Command, US Navy, NAS Miami, Florida, USA, summer 1942. By mid-1942, most Brewster F2A Buffaloes in US service had been withdrawn from frontline units and were being used for training. Many had their gunsights upgraded and a gun camera added, mounted on a structure on the starboard side. This particular machine had the camera added but still had the telescopic gunsight. As with the other two Buffaloes, additions made to the kit included: the roll bar in the cockpit plus belts on the seat, the missing exhaust pipes, the wing pitot as well as the radio wires. This kit also had a life raft and headrest added in the cockpit plus the aforementioned gun camera and telescopic gunsight made from stretched sprue and scrap resin. I opened the leading edge gun holes. I also improved the hardly-noticeable cuffs of the propeller blades by adding a layer of Kristal Klear on them. The kit was fully painted and varnished by brush. A photo of this machine shows it was very weathered which wouldn't be surprising since I imagine these aircraft would be hard worked to train all the new fighter pilot recruits. Therefore, I went further weathering this one. Although I am very pleased with all three kits, this one has become my favourite. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome. Miguel 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Tiny and lovely, bravo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Nice build and some effective additions too. Checking against your Euro coin, I think I'm viewing this at about 4 x normal size on my screen - Buffaloes aren't very big!! Great job! Cheers, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Very nice indeed Miguel! I think this one is my favourite of the ones you've done so far...but they're all really nice 👍 So small.......🤓🤓 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Hi Miguel, this looks great, cracking work on this tiny model. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 There's a herd of these things around right now. This is one of the best though. Such fine work on that camera in 1/144. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Miguel, That’s an excellent pairing with your previous Buffalo . Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 12/03/2022 at 15:15, Roberto said: Tiny and lovely, bravo. On 12/03/2022 at 15:45, Andy Young said: Nice build and some effective additions too. Checking against your Euro coin, I think I'm viewing this at about 4 x normal size on my screen - Buffaloes aren't very big!! Great job! Cheers, Andy Andy, Indeed and I've just started something smaller than a Buffalo: a Heinkel He 176!! On 12/03/2022 at 15:59, binbrook87 said: Very nice indeed Miguel! I think this one is my favourite of the ones you've done so far...but they're all really nice 👍 So small.......🤓🤓 On 12/03/2022 at 19:49, bigbadbadge said: Hi Miguel, this looks great, cracking work on this tiny model. Chris 23 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: There's a herd of these things around right now. This is one of the best though. Such fine work on that camera in 1/144. Well done. 17 hours ago, Sky Keg said: Miguel, That’s an excellent pairing with your previous Buffalo . Mike Thank you very much everyone for your kind words and praise. Miguel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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