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Academy 1:48 F8F-1/2 USS Tarawa

$49.80
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1:48 scale plastic assembly kit. requires glue and paints to complete.


The Grumman F8F was developed as improved carrier-based interceptor designed to defend the fleet from air attack. Equipped with a slightly more powerful engine over the F6F, the F8F was 20 percent lighter than the Hellcat, giving it impressive climb rate and maneuverability.

Entering service with VF-10 in May 1945, the squadron was still working up their new aircraft when the war ended. Nevertheless, the F8F would serve after the war and production maintained through 1949, equipping 24 fighter squadrons before the jets would enter service. The Bearcat was withdrawn from US service in 1952 without having fired a shot in anger.

The Bearcat would see combat in the service of the Royal Thai Air Force, South Vietnamese and the French Air Forces in Southeast Asia. While the French were unsuccessful in that theater, the RTAF successfully operated the Bearcat for many years.

Features Include:

Positionable canopy

Choice of -1 or -2 cowlings

Choice of -1 or -2 vertical stabilizer/rudder

Positionable ventral cowl flap

Among the external stores options:

2 x bombs or 2 x external tanks on inboard pylons

4 x rockets on outboard stations

Choice of external tanks on centerline station

Decals for

F8F-1, unknown, VF-15A, A/105, USS Tarawa, 1948

F8F-1, unknown, VF-15A, A/106, USS Tarawa, 1948

F8F-2, 121746, CVG-11 CAG, V/01, USS Valley Forge, 1949

F8F-2, 121722, VF-111, V/113, USS Valley Forge, 1949

F8F-2, unknown, VF-61, C/119, USS Franklin D Roosevelt, 1949

F8F-1, unknown, VF-3, 3F4, 1946

 

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Academy

Academy 1:48 F8F-1/2 USS Tarawa

$49.80


1:48 scale plastic assembly kit. requires glue and paints to complete.


The Grumman F8F was developed as improved carrier-based interceptor designed to defend the fleet from air attack. Equipped with a slightly more powerful engine over the F6F, the F8F was 20 percent lighter than the Hellcat, giving it impressive climb rate and maneuverability.

Entering service with VF-10 in May 1945, the squadron was still working up their new aircraft when the war ended. Nevertheless, the F8F would serve after the war and production maintained through 1949, equipping 24 fighter squadrons before the jets would enter service. The Bearcat was withdrawn from US service in 1952 without having fired a shot in anger.

The Bearcat would see combat in the service of the Royal Thai Air Force, South Vietnamese and the French Air Forces in Southeast Asia. While the French were unsuccessful in that theater, the RTAF successfully operated the Bearcat for many years.

Features Include:

Positionable canopy

Choice of -1 or -2 cowlings

Choice of -1 or -2 vertical stabilizer/rudder

Positionable ventral cowl flap

Among the external stores options:

2 x bombs or 2 x external tanks on inboard pylons

4 x rockets on outboard stations

Choice of external tanks on centerline station

Decals for

F8F-1, unknown, VF-15A, A/105, USS Tarawa, 1948

F8F-1, unknown, VF-15A, A/106, USS Tarawa, 1948

F8F-2, 121746, CVG-11 CAG, V/01, USS Valley Forge, 1949

F8F-2, 121722, VF-111, V/113, USS Valley Forge, 1949

F8F-2, unknown, VF-61, C/119, USS Franklin D Roosevelt, 1949

F8F-1, unknown, VF-3, 3F4, 1946

 

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