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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
HA7003
USN Brewster F2-A2 Buffalo VS-201
USS Long Island (AVG-1) 1941

HA7003 F2 A2
Brewster, a company with absolutely no prior experience building fighters, produced the
F2A-2. Management promised more than the plane could deliver and it was over sold
worldwide and production fell extremely far behind. Finally the U.S. Government stepped
in and took control of the company and production. The first mono-winged fighter for the
Navy the F2A-2 was underpowered and plagued by landing gear problems that never did
meet the specifications agree to by Brewster. It seemed this little plane always came up
short in the performance department.

VS-201 and USS Long Island
USS Long Island was a converted cargo ship commissioned June 1941. She was the
first USN ship to be designated an Auxiliary Carrier and was considerably slower and
smaller than the fleet ships. The USS Long Island and her F2A-2’s were both less
capable of doing the job of the bigger and faster equipment. The 8 Brewsters of
Scouting Squadron VS-201 were testing the feasibility of this class of carrier. Soon after
Pearl Harbor VS-201 was land-based with the ship being converted back to cargo at war’
s end.

Brewster F2A-2 Specifications:

Power plant:
One Wright R-1820-40 Cyclone nine-cylinder single row air-cooled radial, rated at 1200
hp

Performance:
Maximum speed - 285 mph at sea level
323 mph at 16,500 ft.
344 mph at 26,500 ft.
Cruising speed 157mph
Landing speed 73 mph
Initial climb rate 2500 ft/min.

Service ceiling: 34,000 ft.

Maximum range: 1670 miles

Weight:
Empty: 4576 lbs.
Gross: 5942 lbs.
Maximum take-off: 6890 lbs.

Dimensions:
Wingspan – 35 ft.
Length – 26 ft.
Height – 11 ft. 8 ins.
Wing area – 209 sq. ft

Armament:
Four Browning 0.50 in. Machine guns, two in the upper engine cowling, one in each wing.
Bomb racks for 100-lb bombs could be mounted under each wing just outboard of the
main landing gear.

Accurate 1/48 scale

Professionally painted

Pad applied markings

Opening canopy

Option to use or not use
bombs

Movable rudder

Retractable landing gear
with rolling rubber wheels

Display stand provided

Maximum amount of metal
with minimum plastic used

Expertly Pre-assembled

An excellent to your
collection

THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION
PICTURES NOT THE RETAIL VERSION

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