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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Carrier => Topic started by: Gordon Tarbell on February 20, 2016, 10:28:15 AM

Title: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Gordon Tarbell on February 20, 2016, 10:28:15 AM

Were there any paint schemes and marking used on the F8F other than Blue that I could use on profile carrier plane I and putting together ?

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: PerttiMe on February 20, 2016, 12:00:37 PM

Civilian schemes are out, then? What about the famous yellow one used by the Blue Angels?
There were silver ones used by at least South Vietnamese and Thai air forces.

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Mike Anderson on February 20, 2016, 12:52:35 PM

Here is a page from the Profile 107 publication on the Bearcat -- The yellow wings on the target tug version make for a distinctive color scheme.  The two gray ones are Royal Thai Air Force.  

There are some pix of my Hellcat Profile in the target tug scheme here:

http://stunthanger.com/smf/carrier/who-is-ging-to-have-a-new-2-4-plane-this-season/msg288508/#msg288508

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Avaiojet on February 20, 2016, 04:38:52 PM

Google, "F8F Bearcat aircraft schemes" there's some choices.

I make the Blue Angles graphics. I think there's a model at CFC Graphics you can take a look at.

I just dug up the link, not sure it will take you there?

http://stunthanger.com/smf/cfc-graphics/blue-angel-15-plane-done!/

Here's a simple scheme, not really for carrier though.

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Wayne J. Buran on February 20, 2016, 05:27:42 PM

Most Naval Aircraft also used a red color for Drone service at on time or another. For sure Hellcats and Bearcats. Also look at Hellcats in Naval Reserve colors after WW2.
Wayne

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: bill bischoff on February 20, 2016, 09:03:12 PM

For carrier, the model must have a military paint scheme, but it doesn't necessarily have appropriate to the specific aircraft. Someone once said that all white, all yellow, all blue or all gray would always be acceptable. I think something gray and white, Skyraider"ish" would look good as an alternative to solid blue.

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Paul Smith on February 21, 2016, 08:13:31 AM

All navy blue is pretty much the only authentic color.  The US Navy Bearcat was a week late for the war and not used until Korea and French Indochina.

Mine is modeled after the one in Saigon, which was later brought home redone in, guess what?  Navy blue.

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: john vlna on February 21, 2016, 08:44:11 AM

Here is a good site for color ideas http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/802

Title: Re: F8f Bearcat paint other than Blue
Post by: Mike Mulligan on February 22, 2016, 06:23:34 PM

Well, since civvy schemes don't count, I suppose "Rare Bear" is right out!

Like PerttiMe said, the Blues operated "Beetle Bomb" for a while in all yellow. Looks pretty good to me and as simple as it gets...