The Buffalo Channel at iModeler (13 articles)

The Buffalo Channel at iModeler

Brewster F2A Buffalo

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On This Day…May 24th.

by david leigh-smith on May 24, 2019
in Photo Collections — 12 Comments

The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a short, intense encounter that was a humanitarian disaster for the Royal Navy. In the early hours of May 24th 1941, the HMS Hood was sunk and with 1,418 souls on board, a staggering and scarcely believable[...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-5 Hellcat U.S.S. Hornet VF-17 “Jolly Rogers”

by bob mack on May 22, 2019
in Aviation — 22 Comments

the VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" were formed on January 1,1943 at NAS Norfolk under the command of LT. Commander John T. "Tommy" Blackburn as CO and Roger Hedrick as XO...Blackburn was a Buffalo and F4F pilot but VF-17 was the second naval squadron to[...]

Brewster F2A Buffalo Tamiya 1/48 – Aicraft Model

by Boris Rakic on October 16, 2018
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Another beauty by PLASMO. The old (ancient?) Tamiya kit gets a proper treatment:

Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo (Tamiya 1/48)

by Dmitry Stropalov on May 19, 2018
in Aviation — 40 Comments

Hi everybody! This is my latest build, and this one is something special. First of all, this is an iModeler build, started back in October 2015, and it took 2 years and 7+ months to be completed. And all I can say – thank you everybody, who foll[...]

Deathtrap

by René Hieronymus on September 2, 2017
in Uncategorized — 11 Comments

Scale 1:72 Building time: 69hrs Here is my latest creation, once again what I love the most: a diorama. After some changes I called this one “Deathtrap” for obvious reason. It depicts a few Marines which have discovered an abandoned Nakajima [...]

Brewster F2A-3, “Buffalo”

by Frederick J Seitz III on June 3, 2017
in Aviation — 12 Comments

Next, is the 1/48th scale Tamiya kit. This model represents the aircraft flown by Major Floyd B. "Red" Parks, C.O. of VMF-221. Major Parks led the young pilots of VMF-221 against the incoming Japanese strike force. The inital attack came as a[...]

1/48 Brewster F2A-2

by John Healy on June 16, 2016
in Aviation — 30 Comments

Who doesn't like the Tamiya Buffalo? This is one I built a few years ago but somehow neglected to post. I built it straight from the box and finished it with Yellow Wings decals. The only other remarkable fact about it is that it is painted a[...]

1/32 Special Hobby Brewster Buffalo

by Eric Galliers on September 8, 2015
in Aviation — 15 Comments

This is my newly completed Buffalo from Special Hobby. This aircraft served with 25 Sqn RAAF during the early 1940's at Pearce Airforce base in Perth Western Australia and served in a defensive role due to the threat of invasion by the Japanese.[...]

Brewster 239 (Buffalo) BW-374, 1/72,Hasegawa

by P.k on December 17, 2014
in Aviation — 12 Comments

BREWESTER 239 ,BW-374, 2/HLeLv 24,Suulajarvi,FINNLAND, maj.1944 Model made 20 years ago enriched with Eduard etched parts Coloured with xtracolor. P.k

Brewster Buffalo B339E – Malaya 1941

by K. J. Bricknell on April 30, 2014
in Aviation — 18 Comments

December 1941 was not a good time to be in Malaya or Singapore. When the Japanese invaded on 8 December, Geoff Fisken, a former farmer from Gisborne, New Zealand, went into action with No 243 (RAF) Squadron. No 243 was equipped with Brewster Buf[...]