F8F wip shots

[BOOM]

Looks fantastic Bruce,Thanks for the update!!:salute:

 

[oakfloor]

Those Giant cans were flash eliminators for the cannons.

Bruce

Thats the first time I have ever seen those on a bearcat, there ugly and spoil the nice lines IMO.

 

[peter12213]

I've got to admit I don't like those flash supressors either!

 

[MudMarine]

It's going to be a blast skoot'n around in this bearkitty!! Looks great to me!!

 

[bruce448]

A couple of new shots







Bruce

 

[d0mokun]

Looks great, Bruce! :ernae:

 

[crashaz]

How long did the Bearcat serve on the front line carriers? Did not make it to the SCB-27 mods I am betting....

All I have in drydock is the SCB-27 Essex since Michael Davies has a straight deck version. Lets see where it goes and if not... guess I have to go back to original straight deck.

 

[GrinningJester]

Awesomeness!

Would you treat us to a VC shot too?

 

[stansdds]

Sweet! Now, I'm seeing the shine.

 

[BOOM]

Those last shots really show her off nicely Bruce,I downloaded and now they're my desktop ,Beautiful!!!

 

[Javis]

Great to see a Bearcat coming to FSX !

Sure looks superb, Bruce !

Tell the Vertigo guys not to fall into the midget pilot trap. The Bearcat is a relatively small aircraft...

RW pilot has to bend his head down to close/open the canopy.... : http://www.airliners.net/photo/Grumman-F8F-2P-Bearcat/1366914/L/

cheers,
jan

 

[oakfloor]

Great to see a Bearcat coming to FSX !

Sure looks superb, Bruce !

Tell the Vertigo guys not to fall into the midget pilot trap. The Bearcat is a relatively small aircraft...

RW pilot has to bend his head down to close/open the canopy.... : http://www.airliners.net/photo/Grumman-F8F-2P-Bearcat/1366914/L/

cheers,
jan

Your right, the pilot is too small in those screen shots.

 

[bruce448]

Glad your liking the shine, as I said earlier they're work in progress and can only get better, as for the pilot I'm sure Dean and the Guys with have the Airfix pilot in order by the time of release, as for shots of the VC "not yet".

Bruce

 

[Lenop]

Yeah, pilot seems a bit to small.
I would love this livery to recreate the fantastic fly by's as performed @ Duxford airshow.

 

[bruce448]

A couple more

Vietnamese
View attachment 13026

French
View attachment 13027

VF-151
View attachment 13028

Bruce

 

[sparouty]

Hi Bruce,
This screenshots are beautyful!! I like this model very much.

Just one question : could the shine effect be managed through a texture map?
Times ago I had asked the same question to Dean regarding Hellcat, but Bearcat (as Hellcat) had been very used and weathered during its operational life (I'm thinking in particular about the French ones that I know better than others)... I'm not used to see such brand new F8F with French roundels...
Thanks and regards,
Sylvain

 

[bruce448]

Hi Bruce,
This screenshots are beautyful!! I like this model very much.

Just one question : could the shine effect be managed through a texture map?
Times ago I had asked the same question to Dean regarding Hellcat, but Bearcat (as Hellcat) had been very used and weathered during its operational life (I'm thinking in particular about the French ones that I know better than others)... I'm not used to see such brand new F8F with French roundels...
Thanks and regards,
Sylvain

Very basically yes both with the alpha on both the main texture sheets and the 2 respective spec layers aswell.

Bruce

 

[skyhawka4m]

awesome!

 

[bruce448]

Cheers for the comments,

Sylvain, just to let you know on the French vresion I have removed most of the shine, and have started to remove some of the paint.

Bruce

 

[heywooood]

looks great - you can see Kurt Tanks influence on the design

what a beastie