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Offline Tyrannis

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Re: Brewster
« Reply #225 on: March 14, 2011, 06:33:05 PM »
Is that the only brew ever restored? I have Berber seen a recent photo of one
this is from wikipedia, take it for what it is. lol.
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Surviving Brewster Buffalo are extremely rare, as their construction quality was generally poor; most were quickly sold off for scrap or service in other countries. There are currently three surviving Buffalos (1 Finnish, 1 ML-KNIL and 1 US Navy), of which two are replicas.
Besides the Humu prototype, the hood and fin (with 41 kills) of FAF BW-393 survive in a Finnish museum; FAF BW-372 is on display at the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Aviation Museum of Central Finland).[51]
In mid-1998, a Finnish B-239 (serial no. BW-372) crash-landed by FAF Lt. Lauri Pekuri was discovered in a lake, Big Kolejärvi, about 31 mi (50 km) from Segezha, Russia. The aircraft was recovered from the lake in 1998, and was transported to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida, USA on 18 August 2004. In early 2008 the aircraft was lent to the Aviation Museum of Central Finland for the 90th anniversary of the Finnish Air Force.[51]
In July 2008, a replica B-339C was completed by the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York. The aircraft carries the markings of an ML-KNIL fighter flown by Lt. Gerard Bruggink (two kills). It was built for the Militaire-Luchtvaartmuseum (Military Aviation Museum) at Soesterberg, the Netherlands.[51][52] The Cradle of Aviation Museum houses a replica F2A-2, carrying the markings of a unit from VS-201, aboard USS Long Island.[53]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Buffalo paragraph labeled "survivors"

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Re: Brewster
« Reply #226 on: March 18, 2011, 10:08:25 AM »
Is the removal of armor in the finnish version modeled in aces high?

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Re: Brewster
« Reply #227 on: March 18, 2011, 10:56:04 AM »
Is the removal of armor in the finnish version modeled in aces high?

With all the 20mm they're able to soak up it does make you wonder.....   :noid :noid :noid
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Re: Brewster
« Reply #228 on: March 18, 2011, 11:20:03 AM »
Is the removal of armor in the finnish version modeled in aces high?

Why should it be? Should they be modeled also without gunsight and machine guns?

Pilot armour, other protective armour, self sealing fuel tanks, gunsight and machine guns and other equipment that was removed before delivering the planes were installed to the Brewsters in Finland by State Aircraft Factory.


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Re: Brewster
« Reply #229 on: March 18, 2011, 11:40:25 AM »
Why should it be? Should they be modeled also without gunsight and machine guns?

Pilot armour, other protective armour, self sealing fuel tanks, gunsight and machine guns and other equipment that was removed before delivering the planes were installed to the Brewsters in Finland by State Aircraft Factory.
where do you get this information? propaganda leaflets?

the factory pilot armor was not replaced...it was just a 50lbs piece of steel plate behind the seat...there was no other armor put in place.

what self sealing fuel tanks? the original f2a1 didn't have them from the factory, where would the finns get them?
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Re: Brewster
« Reply #230 on: April 03, 2011, 11:11:52 AM »
where do you get this information? propaganda leaflets?

the factory pilot armor was not replaced...it was just a 50lbs piece of steel plate behind the seat...there was no other armor put in place.

what self sealing fuel tanks? the original f2a1 didn't have them from the factory, where would the finns get them?

Is the wikipedia article wrong in saying the Finns *added* seat armor and 4x .50s?


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Re: Brewster
« Reply #231 on: April 04, 2011, 06:06:24 AM »
The pilot armour can be seen here below right wing, next to aluminum seat.



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Re: Brewster
« Reply #232 on: April 04, 2011, 02:20:14 PM »
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Re: Brewster
« Reply #233 on: April 04, 2011, 02:24:40 PM »
Good pic Mipo!

That's all the armour that got added to the Brewster by the Finns.
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Re: Brewster
« Reply #234 on: April 04, 2011, 04:21:30 PM »
IIRC they did plan to add self-sealing compound to wing tanks but realized that as a very difficult job because the tanks were integrated to wing structure so they did not do it after all.

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