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Looking good, John! The Buffalo is one of my favorites . That replica at the museum looks very well done
@fiveten, @j-healy, thanks a lot. The replica is indeed great to look at. Iy can be found in the Dutch National Military museum in Soesterberg,
Interior is looking good, John (@johnb). This will be fun to watch. I have a couple of these lurking in the stash. I want to do a Navy trainer version, but that is farther down the build queue.
@gblair, thank you, George. Till now this is a very pleasant kit to build.
Fuselage is closed up and this went without too much difficulties. First closed up the rear section followed by the front section.
This kit's a classic. You're off to a great start.
This is one of Tamiya's really old kits (1st released in 1974), but it seems to be coming together well, John (@johnb). I watched a documentary this morning on the design of the Buffalo, which was competing with the Wildcat as the Navy's carrier fighter.
Progressing beautifully, my friend @johnb!
@tcinla, thank you, Tom. A classic but still an enjoyable kit.
@gblair, thanks, George. I was not aware of that, I can imagine both had their own advantages and disadvantages.
@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros.
Upper surface of the wings are glued onto the lower surface. Next was adding the floor and the center stick to the lower wing surface. Never mounted a cockpit floor this way. Likely this has to do with the window mounted at the lower surface of the aircraft giving the pilot a clear view below the aircraft.
Great progress, my friend @johnb! Pity that the provided masks are not precut 🙁, a side step from Tamiya. The masked so far window looks nice!
@fiveten, thank you, Spiros.
Everything is coming along nicely, John (@johnb). Cutting out these masks is just one step above creating your own masks. It still has to be a pain to cut out all of those individual masks on a plane like this.
@gblair, thanks a lot, George. Indeed time consuming but in the end very helpful.
Tail cone section and horizontal stabilizers applied.
