1/48 Hobbycraft F8F - FINISHED, More Photos

Stik, thanks for posting this thread. I've built a few Hobby Craft kits, but I was not aware of this Bearcat kit. I have long wanted to have a VNAF or a Royal Thai Bearcat on the shelf. I'll be on the look out for this kit.

Thanks for looking in guys.

John & GH, this kit and the Hobbyboss kit are both pretty nice. The HB kit just is a bit newer and fancier, plus it offers a wingfold option with some cutting required. OOB, all this one really needs is a seat harness and maybe some instrument decals.

Steve. I wonder the same thing. The first F8F squadrons were in Hawaii working up for combat deployments when Japan surrendered. Had the bomb not been dropped, they undoubtedly would have seen combat in the upcoming invasions of the Japanese home islands in Operations Coronet and Olympic. The F7Fs would have had to waited for the Midway Class CVBs, and the AD had a bit more development to go. So both would likely have missed the final probably bloody actions in Japan.

I'll keep an eye on this one.

Have the old Testors kit.  Going to do a wing clip and do Rare Bear from 2013-15.  Got the artwork and goings to have Vintage make up the decals.  Be an interesting paint scheme of purple, orange, yellow and white.  Have the PE set for the office, is for a military bird, but close enough for who's building it.

Nice bit of detail in the pit.  I did the Testors kit years ago and don't recall much detail - but it's long since gone and I do need a Bearcat :)  Following along.

Excelent. It would have been intresting to see how well planes the likes of the Bearcat, Tigercat and Skyrader would have faired if WWII had continued past 45.