Jon Bryon Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Hello all, Here is my latest project: HobbyBoss' 1/48 Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat. This is from the F8F-1B boxing and with decals by Superscale. In the end, most of the markings were masked and painted and only the stencils on the rudder are from that sheet. The wheels are by BarracudaCast. My additions were seatbelts (Eduard generic set), the whip antenna, underwing pitot, small pylons (from Hasegawa late F4U kits) and the light on the top fuselage. Paint is Mr Color 365 Gross (sic) Sea Blue. A write up of making this kit is available here: https://jonbryon.com/hobbyboss-1-48-grumman-f8f-1-bearcat/ Thanks for looking Jon Edited July 21, 2021 by Jon Bryon 63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Love the exhaust stain!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Hi Jon, Absolutely smashing Bearcat!!! It looks real down to the smallest details and the paint job is perfect. Congrats JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exhausted Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 You pulled off a great feat with that finish. Scale finishes are hard. It looks like you may have used floor polish, and then polished it. It looks much, much more convincing at scale than other sprayed finishes. And, I see there are some horizontal micro-scratches, but those look fine and would have definitely been part of the finish, full scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Beautiful build and finish and very convincing engine exhaust application. Display that one most proudly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Question: what type paint did you use to get the Glossy Sea Blue finish? Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 Thanks for the comments chaps 50 minutes ago, 28ZComeback said: Question: what type paint did you use to get the Glossy Sea Blue finish? Very impressive. The blue is Mr Color 365. It's been mottled by adding Mr Color 137 Tire Black and 29 Hull Red to the base colour, and by using Mr Color 14 and 72 (which were GSI's other, earlier attempts at GSB), but it's pretty hard to tell unless you get the angle and the light just right. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Stunning finish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murewa Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Incredible! So real, the finish ... awesome! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Awesome finish and weathering. Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Outstanding fit and finish! It looks like you painted the major markings; is that correct? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!! Now that's how it's done right there Mister!! Drop dead gorgeous Bearcat!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 4 hours ago, dnl42 said: Outstanding fit and finish! It looks like you painted the major markings; is that correct? Yep - all the stars and bars and the yellow codes are masked and painted. Thanks Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Superb Jon,..... polished to perfection and the exhaust staining is just right,..... love it mate. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaleModelHobbyist Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Wow! Jon, the finish on your build is amazing. How did you get the paint to lie down so smoothly? And how did you do the exhaust stain? I’ll head on over to the build article to see whether you answered those questions over there. Amazing build, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Amazing Bearcat Jon! Your paintwork is impeccable sir, and very nicely weathered too. Hard to beat a model like this!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Excellent work, really nice looking plane. well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 What a superb model! Seeing this reminds me of watching a Bearcat tear up the sky at an air display. A magnificent model of a magnificent aircraft. Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Absolutely superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Beautiful Bearcat, lovely finish ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 You absolutely nailed the GSB appearance, the exhaust stains and that finish is just 😮 Superb modelling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Lovely work as usual Jon. High points are the lustre and exhaust staining. Jumping across to read your article now. I have built Trumpeter’s big brother to to this and remember it being a fairly viceless build. Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thanks again for the comments everyone! 9 hours ago, pacificmustang said: I have built Trumpeter’s big brother to to this and remember it being a fairly viceless build. The 1/32 kit must be quite impressive. Although it has a reputation for being a very small airframe, the Bearcat is still bigger than I was expecting. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne 0 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 2:38 AM, exhausted said: You pulled off a great feat with that finish. Scale finishes are hard. It looks like you may have used floor polish, and then polished it. It looks much, much more convincing at scale than other sprayed finishes. And, I see there are some horizontal micro-scratches, but those look fine and would have definitely been part of the finish, full scale. This pretty much covers what I think. Very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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