F2A-2 VF-2

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July 6, 2022
Construction has begun… next up, painting the interior.
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July 20, 2022
Base colors added to interior
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July 23, 2022
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August 30, 2022
Cockpit installed
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August 30, 2022
Fuselage together and wing installed
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September 25, 2022
Exhaust pipes added and hollowed out. Landing gear struts added
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September 25, 2022
Engine detail painted, washed, and installed
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September 25, 2022
Cowling and horizontal stabilizers glued in place.
Looking like a Buffalo now!
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October 1, 2022
Tamiya lacquer Flat Aluminum on the spinner with AK Real Color Aluminum on the prop blades
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October 1, 2022
Tamiya lacquer Flat Aluminum and Tamiya Acrylic Lemon Yellow
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October 1, 2022
Tamiya Lacquer Flat Black & Flat Aluminum, plus Tamiya Acrylic Lemon Yellow
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October 12, 2022
Upper wing primed white for a better base for the yellow
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October 12, 2022
Base coat of Model Master Flat Insignia Yellow on upper wing
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October 12, 2022
Top coat of Model Master Chrome Yellow on upper wing
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October 13, 2022
Rollover bar and life raft canister w/headrest glued onto rear decking
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October 13, 2022
Canopy masked and glued into place, also forward antenna mast glued in place, then cut off for VF-2 modification
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October 20, 2022
True Blue Section leader band & cowl, wing chevron airbrushed on
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October 25, 2022
Base colors now all on. Next up, touch up where paint had problems
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October 28, 2022
Decals on, front 1/4
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October 28, 2022
Decals on, rear 1/4
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October 28, 2022
Decals on underside
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October 29, 2022
Gloss coat on to seal in decals and ready for panel line wash
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October 31, 2022
Panel line wash on and sealed in
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November 1, 2022
All finished, front 1/4 view
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November 1, 2022
All finished rear 1/4 view
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November 1, 2022
All finished, undersides view
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Pilots, man your planes.

Comments

76 6 July 2022, 18:15

Guy Rump
Watching 👍

30 August 2022, 22:24

Carlos Cisneros
Glad to have you along for the ride Grumpy!

31 August 2022, 02:21

Villiers de Vos
Nice and bright.

12 October 2022, 21:04

Robert Podkoński
Yellow wing Buffalo? - Watching with pleasure!

13 October 2022, 05:03

Michael Kohl
Nice progress

13 October 2022, 08:01

Carlos Cisneros
Thanks guys!
@Villiers & @Robert, yup, this F2A will be painted as during the short time of late 1940 to early 1941 when they were in between the wars Yellow Wings full glorious color… before they went into the low visibility overall Light Gray.

13 October 2022, 19:19

John
Coming right along 👍 Nice yellow too, tough color to get right. At least I have trouble getting it to cover well, nicely done.

20 October 2022, 02:02

Carlos Cisneros
Thanks John. It took three layers to get the wings properly yellow: white primer, followed by flat insignia yellow, then gloss chrome yellow. Lots of depth in there.

20 October 2022, 04:33

John
👍 👍 👍 👍 looking niiiice!

30 October 2022, 01:13

Carlos Cisneros
Thank you John. It's almost there!

30 October 2022, 03:59

S M
Almost completed and looking good already 😄

30 October 2022, 09:23

John
Looks great, especially on the carrier deck. 👍

2 November 2022, 21:21

Spanjaard
Beautiful, and certainly colourful

2 November 2022, 21:51

Villiers de Vos
A very nice composition.

3 November 2022, 05:12

Curatorm
Very beautifull.

3 November 2022, 07:47

Neuling
Clean and colorful, a joy to watch!

3 November 2022, 08:48

Robert Podkoński
I could only repeat all the well deserved praises. Looks great!

3 November 2022, 09:16

Vincent
Very nice!!!

3 November 2022, 09:55

Guy Rump
Very impressive 👍

3 November 2022, 11:44

Michael Kohl
Very nice

3 November 2022, 13:35

S M
Nice clean and colourful Brewster 😄 I see that the tail wheel is tilted..

3 November 2022, 15:11

Carlos Cisneros
@Neuling, Robert, Vincent, Guy, Michael, and SM, thank you for your kind words!
SM, you caught me! 😉 I actually did not glue the tail wheel in place for painting purposes, only pressed it into its spot, and it shifted during the photo session!

3 November 2022, 18:22