russ c Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hi Everyone, There I was with a Tamiya Buffalo with a broken canopy, no decals, no aerial mast and no instructions, Mmm what to do with it? So I searched the spares box and found a Navy type canopy so started looking at US Navy Buffalo to add to my Pacific collection. I eventually came across a few profiles on line ( but unfortunately no photos ) of a Marines Corps F2A-3 with markings I could cobble together from the stash. So I chopped the nose off, added some rectangles of plastic sheet and extended the fuselage by about 1/4" Sanded the frames off the sliding canopy and drew some lines to try and represent where the bits were bonded together Modified the propeller hub slightly with plastic tube, painted, decalled and moved aerial to the wing, to represent a........ ...worn out at the end of its life, F2A-3 of VMF-221, US Marines Corps, Midway, circa 1942 Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 A great depiction of a tired old turkey. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Looks great, excellent finish, looks every bit the pugnacious fighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 A superb model, Russ ! This one really looks excellent and the pictures are outstanding. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Well.......sometimes, an outstanding model appears and make me look at it for a while, just to find how an old kit can be built into an excellent head turner...and this is one of those times... Can't say nothing but hats off.....your "little barrel" shows a lot of love and care.... Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Great save Russ, and an excellent finish, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Superb build and finish Russ,weathering is very realistic,love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 very nice work Russ, looks great... nice job on the scheme and very nice finish... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red five Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Very nice. I've always liked the Buffalo since I bought the Matchbox kit in the 1970s I must do mine sometime. Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I bet that was fun to build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMLA Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Master piece of modelleing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Like that a lot! Pugnacious - great word for this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Nice one Russ,....thats really nice mate, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Per aspera ad astra, indeed. An example of superb modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hi Russ! Very successful rescue operation. Nice build and as always amazing weathering! Cheers, Mario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Wow. That looks amazing Russ. Very well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Like the finish................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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