UP FOR SALE IS A BRAND NEW IN BOX HOBBY MASTER 1/48 DIECAST MODEL OF  BREWSTER F2A-3 BUFFALO "MF-15" USMC VMF-221 MIDWAY ISLAND 4TH JUNE 1942  "BATTLE OF MIDWAY" FLOWN BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM C. HUMBERD LIMITED EDITION NO. 723 OF ONLY 1200 MADE BEAUTIFUL BIG 1/48 SCALE MODEL OF THE BUFFALO, THE USN'S AND USMC'S FIRST MONOPLANE FIGHTER AND WHICH FOUGHT EARLY IN WW2 IN THE PACIFIC. THIS AIRCRAFT BELONGING TO VMF-221, THIS UNIT HAVING THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE AMERICAN UNIT TO TAKE THE BUFFALO INTO COMBAT.  VMF-221 WAS BASED ON MIDWAY ISLAND AS THE ISLAND'S FIGHTER DEFENCE FORCE, AND ON 4TH JUNE 1942, FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, 20 BUFFALOS ROSE TO INTERCEPT THE INCOMING JAPANESE RAID ON MIDWAY ISLAND. CAPT. HUMBERD DID THE BEST OF THIS BATTLE, DOWNING A ZERO FIGHTER AND KATE BOMBER, AND SURVIVED THE ACTION. 13 OF THE 20 BUFFALOS WERE SHOT DOWN BY JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTERS. ALSO SERVED WITH FINLAND AND COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN ASIA. MODEL MINT AND NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX NEVER REMOVED AMAZING DETAIL INCLUDING STAND AND UNDERWING BOMBS.   VERY COLLECTABLE AND NOW HARD TO FIND NEW IN BOX.  WILL BE WELL PACKED FOR SHIPPING HAPPY TO COMBINE SHIPPING, SO CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS. PICK UP AVAILABLE IN ADELAIDE.   PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.