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Posed on an Eduard US Carrier Flight Deck base that I painted into pre war colors
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“Pilots… Man your planes.”
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Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are welcome.
Yeah, it’s too bad that there aren’t any more around. The Buffalo does grow on you, like the Gee Bee racer, I-16, or the P-35. More pugnacious bulldog type monoplanes. The flight deck was fun work to. I need to get some washes on it to bring out all the detail.keavdog wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:19 pm Great job. She turned out fantastic - way to give that old kit a proper build. Flight deck looks great as well. Those chubby little Buffalo grow on you don't they? Looking around I don't think their are any flying F2s. From wiki - Only export models of the Buffalo are preserved. There is currently a complete Finnish B-239 (BW-372), a VL Humu variant (HM-671 at the Central Finland Aviation museum), and two replicas – one in ML-KNIL markings and the other in U.S. Navy markings.
Then again only 509 were built. I've got to do a yellow wing or two after your inspirational build. Well done.
Yeah, I wanted it to look slightly used, but well cared for like photos show from that era. Lots of time for maintenance and cleaning things up in the pre war Navy.tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:11 pm That's great. Looks well cared for without being a museum piece
That’s not a bad idea about the screen saver or background…BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:39 pm Gorgeous.... simply gorgeous. That’ll be a nice little screen saver on my PC or iPad.
Like John said above, the design does grow on you. It has some 30’s “Art Deco” lines about it.