Tamiya 1:48 Brewster Buffalo. Finnish Service

[Russ72]

Picked this kit up at a swap meet for $10 because it was old, second hand and had no decals. The colour scheme was from Wings Palette ( http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/122/78/3 ). It was a pretty straight forward build, an older kit, good detailers could do a lot with it.











Thanks for viewing.

Russ

[Opapapa]

Nice Brewster Russ!
Great job with this old kit! I love the paint job!

This winter camo is quite unique. I think only few Brewsters were painted it like this. Usually they just covered the black areas with white. Here's a picture of this camo pattern "in action".



Olli

[Russ72]

Cheers Ollie. That's the second attempt at getting the patterning right. Looking at your pick I could have another go. I do like some of the options there in Wings Palette, its a good resource.

[wally]

Wow

Fantastic paint job on your build. I like very much this Buffalo. I have one in my stash also and after looking on your job I'm looking forward to start my build.
Cheers

[Lee]

You've nailed that! Awesome work

[Willem]

Agreed. That's a beautiful winter camo.

[felisbarcinonensis]

Wonderful winter camo Russ!

[Russ72]

Cheers guys. Much appreciated.

[UKguyInUSA]

Awesome job with that camo scheme!

[ncf]

wonderful cammo scheme! How did you come to airbrush it like that? I'll be doing a winter camo stuka as a friend's birthday present and haven't found the way to do it as precise as yours!

[Russ72]

wonderful cammo scheme! How did you come to airbrush it like that? I'll be doing a winter camo stuka as a friend's birthday present and haven't found the way to do it as precise as yours!

Hey ncf,

Trial and error. But, I guess the way i'd do it again is:
1. Prime and pre shade,
2. Paint white
3. Clear coat
4. Mask pattern with blu tak/maskol (I put down a small ball and dragged the edges out with a flat edged tool),
5. apply colour/camo as required
6. remove the masks and see how it went.

Hope that helps mate. Its funner than it sounds.

Russ

This is an edit because I was wrong the first time

[ncf]

So, that Dark outline was your base color and you sprayed white over it?

[Russ72]

So, that Dark outline was your base color and you sprayed white over it?

Hey ncf,

I've been mucking around with a couple of vids on You Tube, i'll try and do a vid this weekend to show you how I did it. I'm better at doing than explaining.

Russ.

[ncf]

nice! Mind if I ask you to either place them here or send me a PM with the link? I'll make sure to subscribe!
Cheers!

[Russ72]

nice! Mind if I ask you to either place them here or send me a PM with the link? I'll make sure to subscribe!
Cheers!

Its up there now mate just go to "Russ72".

[ncf]

Thank you very much! It's a very good video. I'm confident I can try it out when I'm making the stuka!

Cheers!