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Whoaaaaa...wicked nice job!

I dig demo team birds, especially anything Blues or Thunderbirds. That looks really nice. Built out of the box, kit decals? What yellow did you use? Nice job getting the wheels wells and struts right...a lot of times you see these painted like a regular Bearcat.

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Whoaaaaa...wicked nice job!

I dig demo team birds, especially anything Blues or Thunderbirds. That looks really nice. Built out of the box, kit decals? What yellow did you use? Nice job getting the wheels wells and struts right...a lot of times you see these painted like a regular Bearcat.

Thank you 82Whitey51. This kit was built oob using the kit decals that are super excellent. I used Testors Model Master insignia yellow which has a slight yellow orange tint to it. I just tried to match the one from the real photos. I did miss a few things, the black wing walks and if I'm correct, there is no US NAVY on the top wings and actually carry them on both sides of the underside wings, but couldnt find any more good references,although there could be a few different variants,not sure.
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Yes, they did have a couple variants, may have been the same serial (Bureau) number but you will see photos with and without the polished leading edges. Yeah, the "U.S. NAVY" should be on the underside only but not everyone is going to know that. Looks great.

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Thank you 82Whitey51. This kit was built oob using the kit decals that are super excellent. I used Testors Model Master insignia yellow which has a slight yellow orange tint to it. I just tried to match the one from the real photos. I did miss a few things, the black wing walks and if I'm correct, there is no US NAVY on the top wings and actually carry them on both sides of the underside wings, but couldnt find any more good references,although there could be a few different variants,not sure.

That is a nice clean job on that Bearcat.

for more ref pics on the wing undersides, here ya go;

F8F-Bearcat-16_zps1769dcad.jpg

Ig13301_zps86b42b8a.jpg

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Yes, they did have a couple variants, may have been the same serial (Bureau) number but you will see photos with and without the polished leading edges. Yeah, the "U.S. NAVY" should be on the underside only but not everyone is going to know that. Looks great.

Thank you Andrew. I just got another one in the mail yesterday. I will make the adjustments on this one. :rolleyes:
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