Kruaxi's Brewster Buffalo ***FINISHED***

[kruaxi]

It's the old Airfix.
The Buffalo was an unlucky fighter with poor performance.
RAAF fought bravery against the superior japan air force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo

The box


What's inside...


Start to engrave panels and sand these tank's rivets on fuselage. Look at difference


I believe will not so easy to build.

[Dirkpitt289]

I have this in the stash. There is something about this little bugger that keeps my interest. I look forward to seeing how you do with this kit.

[kruaxi]

I imagine you're right, Brews. Sadly i use to made these Matchbox-style engraved lines for final oil washing... It's a my bad habit...

[kruaxi]

By the way... in 1:72 rivets or engraved lines are both wrong... ever... would be better a totally flat surface, more realistic... but my way to model, compared to reality, is like a Tarantino's movie compared to a real police investigation...

[kruaxi]

Thanks Brews.
Today, just some advances on internal

[TimJ]

Nice work on the cockpit interior.

[PaulBradley]

Very nice, Stephano - how did you make the instrument panel?

[kruaxi]

Thanks.
Just a little work today.
(The BIG work is tonite... in my surgeon unit...)









Cockpit (non entire yet, i will add other pieces) is a typical (in)famous Kruaxi's faketech®...
I search draw of cockpits in the web, then i resize and print on photograph sheet. Later i glue the image on plasticard and then i cut on the cockpit... isn't beautiful as a photo-etched but is very cheap...

[PaulBradley]

Very clever, and effective.

[Dirkpitt289]

Coming along nicely Kruaxi

[kruaxi]

Hope so...
Thanks people !

ps: please, what's the color of fuselage's banner ? Thanks

[kruaxi]

Brews, thanks a lot !!!

[kruaxi]

Now it's time for a washing









Seat belts from Eduard

[kruaxi]

Gave an oil wash, and closed fuselage.









Another question, please... I'm wrong or the RAAF Buffaloes had not that big can behind the pilot as americans had ?
Thanks

[kruaxi]

Watching original images i haven't seen that can, so i put some plasticard on position: i'm looking for a better pics to reproduce what was on.


I closed the hook hole, i will sand to give all a correct shape


I will change the cloche also, is too big