• 1/48 Scale Length 6.5" Width 8.75"

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.
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.