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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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F8F wip shots

Fantastic!!! What are the 3 rivited holes on the side below the canopy? vents maybe?
Love the paint bruce!! Thanks,can't wait for The Big Cat!!!!
 
It doesn't look like any F-8-F I ever worked on. The paint is too dull, the exhaust was not unpainted and the pilot was a hell of a lot bigger.
 
It seems the virtual aircraft perfectly matches the real one. (according to the pics below)
The exhaust is unpainted, the pilot doesn't look particularly bigger (only the helmet is bigger... see difference between 2nd and third shot) and the paint shiny effect depends on the lighting in FSX too.
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I hope that its the angle of the screen shots but to be honest - the canopy just does not look right to me- could we see a side on shot please?
 
Sorry Dean,

Wasn't meaning anything against your great model, just noting that the real deal looks a bit tubby (short and tall).
 
Helldiver is certainly correct about the stainless steel exhaust port panel. From the factory and in military service, the panel was painted to match the color of the surrounding aluminum skin. It has become very popular to leave this panel unpainted and polished on modern restorations.

F8F in USN service, 1949:

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Shine, no shine, glossy, non-glossy........bring it on VS.....I want this plane. If you supply a Bearcat with the same reflection qulaities of the Hellcat I'll be very happy.
 
The airplane you took as a model is not a Navy airplane. The finish is semi-gloss and not shiny. The exhaust plate is left unpainted. You can tell it's civilian aircraft from all of the scratched paint in front of the windscreen. The Navy would not let it be unpainted. The canopy slopes much too fast to be accurate. All the Bearcat pilots I knew wore good old canvas helmets and not a brain bucket. I still say your pilot is too small. He looks like a ten year old. Here’s a picture of Butch Voris sitting in the cockpit.. He pretty much used up all the space and his head is touching the top of the canopy.
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Helldiver; check the previous screenshots for glossy, reflective paint.

The latest screenshot is just of a very weathered french indochina livery, which were in fact, quite dull.
 
I gotta' agree with Helldiver on this one, just for the sake of accuracy. Here are original Grumman factory photos of the Bearcat. Look carefully at the pictures..the angle of the front windscreen needs to be decreased (elongated), and in all my Grumman factory photos all Bearcats are fully painted except for the VNAF version. The pilot needs to be made a bit larger as does the one in the P-36. The SBD pilot might work for both planes, IMHO. Vertigo does a great job on their planes and their willingness to listen to guys like us says a great deal about their commitment to accuracy. Keep up the good work!

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Magnifique!! Just what I was hoping for most, Love the weathering!!! The pilot is too small though I agree, was the same on the P36 too I feel but this doesn't really bother me in the slightest as the exterior and VC's are second to none!
 
When I was in the Navy, airplanes were not allowed to "weather" There was a crewman with a paint pot to cover up such blemishes. Corrosion at sea is a constant worry.
 
Helldiver said:
When I was in the Navy, airplanes were not allowed to "weather" There was a crewman with a paint pot to cover up such blemishes. Corrosion at sea is a constant worry.
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My dad told me those kind of storys bout his Vietnam tour and the paint boy going round looking for "weathering".
 
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