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Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:59 pm
by Medicman71
I've seen some Bearcats here at our airshow. Houston always seems to have a TON of warbirds here.
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:28 pm
by Stikpusher
Houston has a CAF base out at Houston Hobby Airport IIRC. I bet they have all sorts of great planes there.
A little more progress on the Bearcat. I painted up and weathered the kit 5” HVARs, plus added some Pro Modeler decal stenciling, then glued them in place. I also painted up the 20mm gun barrels using a mix of Testors Gun Metal & Flat Black. That gave a nice parkerized finish looking color.
More coming tomorrow hopefully… lots going on here…
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:47 pm
by BlackSheep214
Nice... very nice!!
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:55 pm
by Stuart
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:54 am
by tempestjohnny
Coming along great.
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:25 am
by Stikpusher
Tom, Stuart, and John, thank you for your kind words. I wanted to get this one wrapped up before the weekend, but there is too much going on right now for me to get the bench time needed. But my next session should take care of most of the last steps.
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:29 am
by LyleW
I really like this one in the metal finish. I know you have researched it, so it is correct, but those wing insignias look to have an odd placement.
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:45 pm
by Medicman71
Stikpusher wrote:Houston has a CAF base out at Houston Hobby Airport IIRC. I bet they have all sorts of great planes there.
A little more progress on the Bearcat. I painted up and weathered the kit 5” HVARs, plus added some Pro Modeler decal stenciling, then glued them in place. I also painted up the 20mm gun barrels using a mix of Testors Gun Metal & Flat Black. That gave a nice parkerized finish looking color.
More coming tomorrow hopefully… lots going on here…
It's actually at Ellington Field at the Lonestar Flight Museum.
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:49 pm
by Stikpusher
Finally, enough time in the day, and no complications, to get in a good bench session. I did the last bits of airbrushing, then started removing all of the masking. Some of that dampened tissue paper in certain areas sure was reluctant to come back out, and that ended up causing me to knock a 5” rocket loose during the handling. But man does this look good now.
One more good session and I ought to be able to wrap this one up…
Re: Hobbycraft F8F VNAF
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:15 pm
by Stuart
That's looking aces Carlos, can't wait to see it finished. The Bearcat is such a great looking aircraft.
