Description

F8F-1/2, USS Tarawa – Academy 12313

The Grumman F8F Bearcat was designed as a point defense interceptor to protect US aircraft carriers from kamikaze attacks. Emphasizing the climb rate, the Grumman designers used lessons learned from the earlier F4F Wildcat and from captured Fw 190s. Entering service too late to see combat in WWII, the Bearcat would be used by the French in Indochina and also become a favorite air racer. This 1/48 scale kit from Academy includes over 75 plastic parts to recreate F8F-1 or F8F-2.

HIGHLIGHTS

• New 2016 Release
• 1/48 scale model kit
• F8F-1/2, USS Tarawa
• Product code: 12313
• Unassembled and unpainted
• High-quality plastic parts
• Features highly detailed:
  • Interior, cockpit and ejection seat
  • Landing gear and compartment
  • Engraved panel lines and rivet
• Includes:
  • Plastic and transparent parts to assemble F8F-1 or F8F-2 version
    • Eight sprues with more than 75 parts
  • Arsenal of Air-Air Weapons
  • Cartographic decals
  • Finishing decals for five fighters:
    • F8F-1, VF-15A (later VF-151/192), USS Tarawa (CV-40), US Navy, 1948 & F8F-2, same unit, USS Boxer (CV-21), US Navy, 1950
    • F8F-2, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), US Navy, 1949
    • F8F-2, VF-111 Sundowners, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), US Navy, 1949
    • F8F-2, VF-61 Jolly Rogers, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), US Navy, 1949
    • F8F-1, VF-3 Felix Cat Squadron (later VF-31), US Navy, 1946
  • Detailed manual

EAN: 8809258923138