1/60 Brewster Buffalo Mk1 Started 9 September 2019 Finished January 8th 2020

Boomerang · September 10, 2019, 05:23:47 AM

Have commenced shaping the fuselage .

Pictures to follow.

Cheers
Gordon

lastvautour · September 12, 2019, 10:26:04 AM

Keep those progress reports coming.

Lou

Boomerang · October 01, 2019, 01:09:56 AM

Most of the fuselage shaping has been done. Wing dihedral done. Slips into fuselage cut out quite well.

Random coat of primer applied.

Looks like a Buffalo.

Picture to follow in a couple of days.

Gordon

lastvautour · October 01, 2019, 07:43:16 PM

I tried unsuccessfully to find if the USAAF or USN flew the Buffalo in 1945. Finland was still using theirs at that time so I guess that would make it into the VE/VJ group build. Lets see some photos.

Lou

PS What drawings are you using?

Boomerang · October 03, 2019, 01:23:57 AM

The Buffalo is at the "looks roughly like a Buffalo " stage.

The drawings I am using come from Scale Aviation Modeller March 1997.

Picture showing magazine , drawing and model.

Cheers

Gordon

Might start cutting out the Blenheim later

lastvautour · October 03, 2019, 04:58:19 PM

Thank you.

Lou

Boomerang · October 11, 2019, 02:46:42 AM

Continuing on with the Buffalo.

Undecided whether to have Undercarriage down or not.

Cheers

Gordon

lastvautour · October 11, 2019, 06:25:37 PM

I look forward to your progress report as I am not yet in a position to work on mine. It is like working by proxy. I await your next installment.

Lou

Gearup · October 15, 2019, 05:48:48 PM

I think it would be a very interesting landing gear to fabricate. It looks quite unusual

Boomerang · October 17, 2019, 10:25:25 PM

I've decoded to have a go at the undercarriage. Johny Todd did a 1/56 Buffalo which is in the Gallery.

I've applied the rib tapes on ailerons , elevators and rudder using thin strips of tape and several coats of primer.

I've marked where the wheels have to go on fuselage. I won't do anymore in this area until I've cleaned up the fuselage and cowling a bit more.

Decals have been done . Still have to print them. Will experiment with light grey printed on clear and see what happens.

Cheers

Gordon

lastvautour · October 18, 2019, 09:00:30 PM

Coming along nicely. The gray on clear only worked for me if I had a white background.

Lou

Boomerang · October 30, 2019, 04:28:23 AM

I shall experiment with the decals.

Cheers
Gordon

Boomerang · November 12, 2019, 11:14:19 PM

Where the Buffalo is up to. Had some molde success with the undercarriage so far.

Nothing is glued at the moment . Have to clean up the front of the cowling around the top and bottom inlets and the cowling MG's . Thinking bout how to do the propeller.

Spinner and wheels turned up on a drill using 12mm balsa dowel.

More work needed on the undercarriage well .

Cheers

Gordon

lastvautour · November 14, 2019, 01:37:24 AM

Moving along nicely Gordon.

Lou

Boomerang · December 04, 2019, 02:02:25 AM

Been away for a while and have managed to get a few hours in on the Buffalo.

Undercarriage legs have been finished. Had to make a new starboard one as somewhere along the way it went missing.
Propeller made from 2 lamination's of 0.5 mm plastic card . Cut out and shaped . Seemed to work . So I'm taking that as a pass.

Cleaned up the engine . Cowling needs some work.

Photo to follow

Cheers

Gordon

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1/60 Brewster Buffalo Mk1 Started 9 September 2019 Finished January 8th 2020