Tamiya 1/48 Brewster Buffalo 339-23 A51-13 RAAF Dunreath Western Australia 1942
Flown by Ft Lt John Bailey.
I had all kinds of issues deciding what colours would be applicable. Same old story, ask 100 historians and get 110 different answers. I settled on Olive drab over a local mixture of dark green/foilage which they had in stock in Western Australia. Underneath Beijing grey from the US.
I have repainted it from an older olive green/RAF green which looked awful. So glad I did.
And finished up the pics with my herd of 3 Buffalos. I still want to do a US and a Dutch one. Lol.
But this adds to my growing RAAF collection. Enjoy folks.
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Robert Royes said on August 11, 2016
It [they] look great, nice job on the weathering, My favorite ugly aircraft.
Craig Abrahamson said on August 11, 2016
Nicely done, sir….I like it.
Tom Bebout said on August 12, 2016
Good job on a pretty ugly air plane. I believe the Fin’s are the only ones that had some success with this air craft.
Terry Schuler said on August 12, 2016
Paul. This looks really nice, I really like the scheme. Well done !
Greg Kittinger said on August 12, 2016
Brilliant! Love the herd!
Scott Nelson said on August 12, 2016
Nice job Paul. The weathering looks great.
P.k said on August 12, 2016
good i LIKE!
bob mack said on August 14, 2016
well done Paul…love that down and dirty camo and those roundels
Tony Prince said on August 19, 2016
Nice & scruffy Paul. Just the right touch with the weathering. There’s something very appealing about the Buffalo & I especially like the Finnish bird in your line-up. The Finns certainly turned a duck into an eagle!