Hobbycraft F8F VNAF

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I've seen some Bearcats here at our airshow. Houston always seems to have a TON of warbirds here.
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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.

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More coming tomorrow hopefully… lots going on here…
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Nice... very nice!! :lashed: :lashed:
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:shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

That's coming along very nicely indeed Carlos, I'm loving your finish on that paintwork
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Coming along great.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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More coming tomorrow hopefully… lots going on here…
It's actually at Ellington Field at the Lonestar Flight Museum.
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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.

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One more good session and I ought to be able to wrap this one up…
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That's looking aces Carlos, can't wait to see it finished. The Bearcat is such a great looking aircraft.
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