The stubby Buffalo fighter, designed and built in the late 1930s by the American Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, was one of the first U.S. Navy\u2019s monoplane aircraft destined for carrier-borne operations. It was a single-seat, all-metal mid-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces and a retractable undercarriage. Powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial engine, it was fitted with Hamilton Standard propeller and its armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose and one in each wing.<\/p>\n
Deliveries of the first variant, the F2A-1, began in mid-1939. Only eleven aeroplanes were delivered to the Navy\u2019s VF-3 unit aboard USS Saratoga, while 44 de-navalised aircraft were sold to Finland early in 1940 as the Model B-239. In Finnish service the Brewsters gallantly fought against the Soviet Union, becoming popular among its pilots and earned a reputation as one of the most successful fighters.<\/p>\n
In the U.S. naval service, the Buffalo soon became obsolent and was replaced by the F4F Wildcat, whereas in Finland the last B-239s continued to fly until 1948.<\/p>\n
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Colour schemes included in the kit:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1) Brewster F2A-1, BuNo 1386, Black 3-F-17, VF-3, US Navy, USS Saratoga, winter 1939<\/p>\n 2) Brewster F2A-1, BuNo 1393, Black\/White 3-F-13, VF-3, US Navy, USS Saratoga, winter 1939<\/p>\n 3) Brewster B-239, BW-354, White 6, 2\/LeLv 24, Finnish Air Force, Tiiksj\u00e4rvi airfield, summer 1942<\/p>\n 4) Brewster B-239, BW-370, Black 4, 4\/LeLv 24, Finnish Air Force, R\u00f6mp\u00f6tti airfield, summer 1942<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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