Mark 1 Models 1/144 F2A-1 & B-239 Buffalos
My first complete, start-to-finish YouTube build, which may be seen here. As an experiment (and because I was too lazy to take pics), these are screen shots from the video. Not the best option, and at some point I will probably replace them with better quality pictures.
Mark 1's Buffalo is a limited run, 2-in-1 kit which is really quite nice, despite the Lilliputian size. There are two US Navy and two Finnish decal options, I decided to do one of each. Though they went together easily and quite quickly, the amount of masking and painting on the two very different (and very tiny!) schemes resulted in these taking longer to finish than I had anticipated at the start.
Kit decals were used. They looked nice, but were prone to breaking and were completely resistant to any of the decal solvents I tried.
Canopy and ventral window frames were rather heavy so I sanded these off, polished the clear parts and finished them off with a bath in Pledge (Future) which improved them greatly. Frames were reinstated with masking and painting and by thin painted decal strips. Antenna lines are Uschi "Fine Size" rigging. Paints are from Tamiya, ModelMaster and Humbrol.
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