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Vertigo Studios F8F Bearcat

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Deano

vertigostudios.co.uk
Hi all just a few render pics show casing our upcoming release of the F8F Bearcat 1

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Enjoy
 
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This puts a much needed smile on my face after a long, hard day, Dean. :) Looking forward to her as well as the P-36.

~lol~ Bill!

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Yes, I need this one as well.......

So many aircraft so little money!!

At least I have a shoe box of "Honey don't know" money tucked away.:icon_lol::icon_lol:

Rick
 
Having worked on Bearcats at Jacksonville and on the Carrier, I would say so far so good. Now the prototype had a brace in the rear of the canopy. But the Blue Angels (The Naval Flight Exhibiion Team as it was called then), they got some of the first F8s and they didn't have a brace in the canopy. I would leave it off.
The other thing is they had a new car shine to them. Don't put no fogged up shine on it. Finally, the airplane was rather small and the pilots head filled the cockpit. Don't put some ten year old pilot at the stick.
I'm glad somebody who knows what they are doing is making this grand airplane. When the first one that landed at Jax he beat up the runway and you should have seen the Hellcat drivers standing in awe of it. The Bearcats put on a show in front of you, that the jets have yet to copy.

 
Oh, I just noticed something. The tailhook as shown would cut through the wire in a jiffy. It's got to be wider. As wide as a large mans hand cupped. They were forged steel and had a hard nickel plated inside of the cup area for a low abrasion resistance.
 
Great work, I look forward to that!

@ Helldiver: that's some awesome detailed information! Great that there are people here who've "beeen there and done that"!

Cheers,
Mark
 
My money's on the table!

YEAH baby!!!...a new BearRod for the virtual hangar!!!

Helldiver said:
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The other thing is they had a new car shine to them. Don't put no fogged up shine on it. Finally, the airplane was rather small and the pilots head filled the cockpit. Don't put some ten year old pilot at the stick.
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Click to expand...

...and please consider giving the jock WWII era headgear, not some Indy racing style helmet from the '50's. :salute:
 
Very impressive.

I hope a model without the 20 MM gun barrels is done.
IIRC the 20 MM made it F8F-1B.

Need a slick for the airshow paints.

Russ
 
I agree with RSGunner we definitely need a "slick" for the airshow rounds, also preferably with a modern Bone Dome... Puhlease :D :D :D
 
Looking good Deano. Another definite on my list along with the P-36!:applause::applause::applause:
 
I'm not a FS Warbird guy, but the Bearcat has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. Looks wonderful fellas :salute:
 
Beautiful a must have... been waiting for a nice one of these for awhile, almost as much as a tigercat. Didn't someone else start that? I hope it's a serious effort.
 
For the Bearcat lovers in the crowd-

Here's a link to a video over at the AirShowBuzz website showing the Horsemen flying Bearcats with the Blue Angles at a recent airshow. The video includes an interview with a member of the original Blue Angels team that flew the Bearcat.

http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=b222a7cb&a=feature

Nice looking model of the Bearcat. The color of the model material reminds me of how they used to make prototype models of cars using clay and it would be sculpted by hand.
 
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