KursadA Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Folks, if any one of you have the Academy/Hobbycraft or the older Hawk/Testors Bearcat kits, can you please send me a quick cellphone image of the fuselage half with a dimensional reference (i.e. ruler, US quarter etc.)? Something like this example will work perfectly. I just want to compare it to the Hobby Boss kit, which I believe has a seriously undersized tail - to the extent that I will need to provide two sets of tail markings for many schemes. Edited April 5, 2021 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cameron Lynch Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Testors F8F kit Hobbycraft F8F-1b kit Hobbycraft F8F-2 kit and for giggles here is the Cutting Edge F8F-2 corrected tail which fixes the width error on the -2 kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Thanks! It looks like the problem was not with the Hobby Boss F8F-1 kit, but rather with my knowledge of Bearcats. It looks like the later versions have a considerably larger tail; and the HB kit seems to be OK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cameron Lynch Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 The best single reference, hands down, is the Ginter Naval Fighters volume. I cannot recommend it enough. FWIW I have an original Grumman stenciling diagram for the F8F. I made a sheet for myself that I printed on my ALPS for my Denver NAS Reserve Bearcat. I might be persuaded... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Well done Cameron! A Bearcat sheet would be awesome Kursad! I was just looking at my Bearcat kits the other day, contemplating a build. Hopefully references might be found for VF-32 birds that Jessie Brown might have flown. Would go great with the upcoming movie Devotion (I’ve already built Tom Hudner’s Corsair.) Denver reserve would be great too! 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 A quick google found these! https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/f4u/97231/f8f-brown-11-49-401541.html https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/f4u/97231/f8f-brown-mid.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Some of the links here might be useful: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2010/12/f8f-bearcat-1-vs-2.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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