FAA Brewster Buffalo

[Max Headroom]

I thought it was about time that I got round to showing you that I have actually built models. Admittedly this is from my back catalogue but I have one or two others that I think may pass muster to share. Many others will go as part of the Scrappage Scheme! I don't build to competition standard, just to a level where my embarrasment is at tolerable levels.........

Anyway, here is my first offering. It's Tamiya's 1/48 Brewster Buffalo, done as an FAA example. The kit itself was bought in a toy shop in the Cheshire Oaks retail outlet a number of years ago. Unfortunately it only came with the USN offering. I therefore had to use a Canovac(?) canopy as my attempts to disguise the slot in the windscreen failed. There a few details I'm not too sure about since my references were contradictary, e.g. the ventral window under the cockpit (or lack of). I know that some in British service had them plated over, so I flicked a coin and decided to do the same. I now know the tailwheel is wrong. The only other mod to the kit (other than the spares box transfers) is the aerial mast. The kit one snapped off many moons ago so was replaced by an aerofoil shaped sprue instead - it looks ok from a distance!

The worn away camouflage effect was an experiment. The kit's plastic is silver so I thought what would it look like if I rubbed away the camo? The paints are Lifecolor. My first foray into acrylics I thought they were brill! Absolutely no brush marks when hand brushed. Beatties (as was) in Liverpool stopped stocking them..........curses, as I would have changed over to them totally - I was that impressed.

Final apology is in relation to the photo sizes. I joined Photobucket this morning and haven't quite mastered the pix size yet. I clicked on the edit button and changed to 600 x 800, but when I went back they were original size..........

Anyway, here goes

[keith in the uk]

Looks good ,got one of those in the stash to do

[atdb27]

Nice

Adrian

[Tizzy]

Very nice.