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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
HA7006
Brewster Buffalo, USN F2A-2 , VF-2, 2-F-1
USS Lexington, 1940
Limited Edition

Accurate 1/48
scale

Professionally
painted

Pad applied
markings

Opening canopy

Movable rudder

For the first time
Retractable
Landing Gear

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

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.

VF 2 Flying Chiefs
The second VF-2 was equipped with Brewster F2A2-2 Buffaloes in 1940 and called the
USS Lexington home. In spite of Brewster’s engineers’ efforts weak landing gear
remained a problem in this newer version. The “Fighting Two” was composed entirely of
Chief Petty Officers so they became known as the “Flying Chiefs”. This squadron was
considered the “hottest US squadron in the Pacific” but they were still disestablished mid-
1942. The last US combat for the Brewsters came at the Battle of Midway being
replaced with F4F Wildcats.

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
short in the performance department.

USS Lexington VF-2 Buffalo
didn't have the large antenna
mast on the front right cowling.
Their antennae ran to a point
on the left wing approximately
just above where the landing
gear hinged.

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