1/48 Tamiya Brewster Buffalo

[Guest]

This one has just come off the production line. It was a very enjoyable build. I made my usual couple of mistakes en route. I should have painted the sky rear fuselage stripe instead of using the decal, and I should have used some better quality decals. Tamiya kits are excellent but their decals are just too thick for mine.

Unfortunately, the Tamiya kit does not come with a split canopy. I entertained an aftermarket one but I'm hopeless at separating the parts cleanly so I stuck with the kit's one piece. The Buffalo canopy is large and quite a bit of detail can be seen through it, but it still hides the very good detail provided as standard in the kit. I used a PMask canopy mask which resulted in a very satisfactory finish.

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I deliberately avoided any weathering. Weathering is most appropriate for dioramas but for glass cabinet display I prefer museum finished specimens. Thanks for looking ...

[Steven000]

Nice model Murfie :thumb2:

[Nicko]

Nice! And the transparencies turned out really well...

Nick

[spanner570]

That is superb Murfie.
One of the neatest painting of an aircraft I've seen on here.

The canopy and blister paintings are superb.
Excellent work.

[Neil Merryweather]

very nice indeed

[Guest]

The neatest painting of an aircraft I've seen on here for a long while.

Ta for the very kind comments, 570, though you might be stretching it a tad too far as there are some very classy models built by members that leave me in awe.

[Lee Drennen]

Murfie. A beautiful outcome one you need to be proud of. I like it the Buffalo is one of my favorite early WWII planes

[Guest]

Murfie. A beautiful outcome one you need to be proud of. I like it the Buffalo is one of my favorite early WWII planes

Thanks, Lee. Your comments are much appreciated. I didn't know much about the Buffalo before I started but I did a heap of reading about it as I did the build. I've got another in 1/72 (Special Hobby) that I'll have a go at soon after the ones I've got in progress on the workbench are finished.

Cheers,

Murfie

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Murfie :thumb2:

[yak face]

Beautifully finished murfie , the decals look fine to me , I’d rather have decals that were too thick than ones that disintegrate during application ! ( and ive had plenty of those !) The masks worked perfectly , invaluable on a greenhouse canopy like this , cheers tony

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely buffalo Murfie. Canopy is superb, and the rest of the finish is top notch as well.

[Guest]

Lovely buffalo Murfie. Canopy is superb, and the rest of the finish is top notch as well.

Thanks very much, Tim. Coming from you I take it as high praise. I used to handpaint my canopies but since the stroke I've had to use airbrush and masks, but the result has more than pleased me.

[rtfoe]

Lovely finish Murphy...I'm kicking myself for giving my kit away.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

... the decals look fine to me , I’d rather have decals that were too thick than ones that disintegrate during application !

Very true, Tony. You can at least move them around without fear of destruction like some other brands. They take a bit of work to get them into recessed panel lines, however. Thanks for the compliment.

[Guest]

Lovely finish Murphy...I'm kicking myself for giving my kit away.

You GAVE one away? Well, at the moment you can get a replacement pretty cheap (around £15). I can't really explain why, but I really enjoyed building this plane. I've started another in 1/72 but building has stalled while I finish off some others in progress.

Cheers

Murfie