Vertigo Studios F8F Bearcat

[Deano]

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













Enjoy

[spotlope]

Beary nice.

[boxcar]

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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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[papab]

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.

Rick

[Helldiver]

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.

[Helldiver]

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.

[Cirrus N210MS]

nice looking model

[skyhawka4m]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

My only concern is the shape of the canopy......

[roger-wilco-66]

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

[bearcat241]

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

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

[Lewis-A2A]

in this modern age of facebook,..

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[Pips]

Very, very impressive.

[rsgunner]

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

[CheckSix]

I agree with RSGunner we definitely need a "slick" for the airshow rounds, also preferably with a modern Bone Dome... Puhlease :D :D :D

[noddy]

Looks pretty darn good.