Brewster Buffalo

The Brewster Buffalo was the mount of many of the aces in the Finnish Air Force during World War II. This particular aircraft was flown by Warrant Officer Ilmari Juutilainen. WO Juutilainen shot down 16 Soviet aircraft while flying this Buffalo and had a total score of 94 victories altogether making him Finland's top scoring fighter ace. In Finnish service, the Brewster Buffalo had several nick names such as "Bustling Walter" and "Sky Pearl". I built this Buffalo from an Aoshima 1:72 scale kit. The model was finished with paints from Gunze-Sango, Floquil and Tamiya. The decals are from various spare sheets I have while the propeller and skiis are from my spare parts box.