Hobby Boss 1/48 F8F-1B Bearcat - Royal Thai Air Force, 1st Fighter Bomber Wing, No. 234, early 1960

Hello all, just finished off this build. I wanted to do a Bearcat and picked up this kit which had markings for 2 air forces, French and Thai. I chose Thai as I simply just liked the decals better for this version and both aircraft were same paint scheme. So it is a bit of an unusual one, but I enjoyed the build, it went together well.

I used brass tube for gun barrels and some lead wire for brake lines on undercarriage.

I used Vallejo and Tamiya paints for this one plus Life Color exhaust stain colour and dark wash, I wanted a well used aircraft so I think I got the look right.
Thanks for looking

Great choice to go with Thai markings! Well done.

Nice build, I hope the two I have in the stash come out as well as yours

Does it have a decent interior?

Yes the OOB cockpit is pretty nicely detailed, I did not take a pic, I forgot to on this build, I usually take a pic of the pit before closing fuselage.

Cool! Love the different marking on it. five stars!

Theuns

Great job and love those markings! That was one powerful and fast plane.