Steve “Chaz” Chorazewitz
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Competing in the out-of-the-box competition this year was Steve’s Hasegawa 1/72 scale F2A-1 Brewster Buffalo. He wrapped 36-gauge wire around a needle to depict a spring for the antenna on the tail, but that was allowed per the rules. AK Interactive 3G and Vallejo acrylics depict an eye-catching paint job, replicating Lt. John Smith “Jimmy” Thach’s Buffalo serving on the USS Saratoga in 1940.