Brewster Buffalo…Chonk

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well, been a moment since I built aircraft
This pudgy little fellow came from England via an auction
I watched one of the YouTube famous guys use it as a paint mule to test making models with oil paints…so that is my plan for the exterior camo. She looks better with wheels up so likely that too

[DBMiller]

What a chonky little plane!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya here it is, Plasmo
He goes to town oil detailing half the Buffalo fuselage



I did a bit of oil work on the second hull of a WNW plane, using an olive oil paint
I didn’t get around to finishing the second one off and used the acrylic paint on the other one

[Stokesy44]

Looks like a little bruiser!

Keep this to yourself - one of the pictures you've posted is a P47 Thunderbolt, not a Buffallo

And I love that Plasmo guy, he's amazing.

[Twokidsnosleep]

What a chonky little plane!

It is super chunky chonky.
A right plump little fellow

[digger303]

Love the ww1 work.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Love the ww1 work.

Ya me too. need to get back to that WNW stuff

Yesterday I spent a few light headed moments, due to flu, messing with the Buffalo pilot
The styrene is extra hard and prone to chipping and his damn hands are both moulded up by his chin
So I cut off his arms and chopped up his belly so he can have normal pilot position.
This must be a very old Tamiya or a rebox of another kit
Then I got even more light headed and tired so slept for four hours in the middle of the day
Now the next day, at work and feeling really groovy

[digger303]

Love the ww1 work.

Ya me too. need to get back to that WNW stuff

Yesterday I spent a few light headed moments, due to flu, messing with the Buffalo pilot
The styrene is extra hard and prone to chipping and his damn hands are both moulded up by his chin
So I cut off his arms and chopped up his belly so he can have normal pilot position.
This must be a very old Tamiya or a rebox of another kit
Then I got even more light headed and tired so slept for four hours in the middle of the day
Now the next day, at work and feeling really groovy

Yes the old Hasegawa and Tamiya kits had jelly babies for pilots.
Sounds like your going to give him some character though.
I also feel for ya the flu season this year is a doozy, I've had the damn thing or variants of it 5 times now.....KINDA FED UP with it

[Twokidsnosleep]

Digging into the cockpit
Has been a while since built an aircraft
Used a heat gun to accelerate drying

[cor]

looking good so far. Is the heat gun just cause its cold where you are, or for some other reason?

[digger303]

looking good so far. Is the heat gun just cause its cold where you are, or for some other reason?

That man caused me to go order one last night pretty handy to keep the flow going by drying the paint super quick. Not bad for straightening warping too on a low heat.

[bfrd]

Cockpit looks awesome.

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The heat gun is a very attractive tool to speed up painting. I was using the same tool to speed up decaling. It is incredibly easy to melt the plastic if there are thinner pieces around where you are working (speaking from recent experience). In that same vein re-heating the same part to move the warped plastic back into place is a very bad idea. Very useful tool, but it should be used with caution.

[Quax]

some lovely detail work in that cockpit Scott!

Paul

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cockpit looks awesome.

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The heat gun is a very attractive tool to speed up painting. I was using the same tool to speed up decaling. It is incredibly easy to melt the plastic if there are thinner pieces around where you are working (speaking from recent experience). In that same vein re-heating the same part to move the warped plastic back into place is a very bad idea. Very useful tool, but it should be used with caution.

VERY true
Be super careful with this. A hair dryer is less aggressive , I use that for decals

[Twokidsnosleep]

some lovely detail work in that cockpit Scott!

Paul

Paul, good to hear from you, mate

[Twokidsnosleep]

looking good so far. Is the heat gun just cause its cold where you are, or for some other reason?

Apologies I missed your question
The heat is merely for my impatience. Not cold here at all, this is the relative tropics of Canada