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

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

The first legitimate Bearcat

I saw the repaint over at Avsim earlier. A class act for an already great looking model. Though I didn't catch on when I first saw his post here. And I do think he is posting in admiration.

Who lit the fire!!
 
Yeah...

...it was freaking me out because I kept looking at the pic saying to myself: Nah...that's got to be FSX...but I have to admit-- it is DARN good looking.

I think I will end up buying this one-- and I absolutely will buy the F9F...

Kent
 
Rezabrya said:
This may be the first "legitimate" Bearcat, but this is certainly not the first time you have complained. Vertigo Studios has put out a very fine product and if it doesn't live up to your standards, then there is a simple solution... Don't buy it!
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It's obvious to me at first glance that this is a screenshot from a sim. Look at the trees. Look at the total picture. I think you misinterpreted HD's post and you jump to the gun too easy. Even sadder that knowing you're wrong (and you're not the only one) you didn't come back on your earlier rant. Excuses to HD would be in place. Just my two cents.

Cees
 
Of course it's the Vertigo's Bearcat in all it's glory. It's the first time I ever saw a US Navy World War II plane shown so perfectly. This repaint was nicely done for me by Russel R. Smith. It shows the airplane as I remember it. We had two squadrons of F8-Fs and one squardron of F6-F (N) aboard the USS Leyte CV-32..
With the exception of the brace in the back of the canopy, The plane is perfect.
 
All I can say is how great it is to have someone here who saw it all and can remember and articulate it so very clearly for the rest of us. Invaluable.:salute:
 
Cees Donker said:
It's obvious to me at first glance that this is a screenshot from a sim. Look at the trees. Look at the total picture. I think you misinterpreted HD's post and you jump to the gun too easy. Even sadder that knowing you're wrong (and you're not the only one) you didn't come back on your earlier rant. Excuses to HD would be in place. Just my two cents.

Cees
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Same here Cees. I never thought it was an actual period photo, you can tell that by looking at the screenshot. I knew that Vertigo had done the Bearcat, but I was thinking HD had found another model somewhere, lol.:salute:
 
Gotta love the net....

BTW the "stupid frame" was a removable item and was to provide some rollover protection. Even if a Naval Aviator was only worth 5 gal of Icecream on the open market, it could be inconvinent to train a new one.

T
 
Going back to 'that shot', has the roll-over assembly been photoshopped out?? as far as I have ascertained, that is only a re-paint, not a modified model.

Developers often have many reasons for ignoring advice. It has happened to me a couple of times when adding my real world memories to a product I was beta testing. Sometimes they prefer drawings and photos to suggestions.
 
Nothing too see here, move on. Simple misunderstanding. To me it sounded like HD was being sarcastic and not liking the product.
 
OK, just came back to this thread and saw Helldiver's other post. My bad, sorry Helldiver.
 
Did anyone even bother to read my first post... I reached the same conclusions everyone else is reaching in bits at the same time, lol. Argument resolved, I cast the verdict of misunderstanding, and determine HD was making a backhanded compliment...
 
Sorry for the confusion. I was merely trying to say this is the very best portrayal of a Bearcat that has ever been done. It was a fight to get Vertigo to make the changes, but when they did, they ended up with truly a masterpiece.
I know that some people were sick of my harping on the changes but the results are worth it.
As far as a frame in the back of the canopy, in spite of seeing 100s of F8-Fs flying, I never saw any of them with a frame back there. I removed it in Paint Shop Pro. I only wish Vertigo would offer the option, with or without a frame.
 
Helldiver said:
...this is the very best portrayal of a Bearcat that has ever been done. It was a fight to get Vertigo to make the changes, but when they did, they ended up with truly a masterpiece.
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Okay, now I want this plane even more. Too bad there are so many toys and so little money.
 
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