Tag: Christmas gift

• Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part Three – The Highboy

  

  You may be forgiven for raising your eyebrows at the final stance of the Monogram F8F Bearcat…it looks impossibly high off the runway on the main legs. I assure you it was built strictly according to instructions and the landing gear legs were firmly inserted into the bottom of the sockets in the wing. I…

  Dick Stein

  January 3, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Model Buildings, Uncategorized

  Christmas gift, Grumman, landing gear, museum

• Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part One – First Of the Chrissy Presents

  

  This Grumman is a first on several counts; first Bearcat I’ve ever built and first of the Chrissy kits off the rank. It was a gift from a clubmate – John – and is very much appreciated. The kit is not new mould – there is a catalogue inside the box for 1989 Monogram kits.…

  Dick Stein

  January 1, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Decals, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Christmas gift, Grumman, Monogram, Navy Blue