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Starfighter Decals 1/72 F8F Bearcats Part 2 F8F-1

By Matt Bittner

Starfighter Decals continue their release for the older kits.  This time it's another set of decals for the Monogram (and alledgedly Accurate Miniatures re-release) 1/72 F8F Bearcat.  While the Monogram kit builds into the F8F-1B, there are directions for how to turn the kit into the F8F-1 (which is as easily as removing the cannon barrels and drill out holes in their place).  These decals will probably also work on the Sword kit but the instructions do not mention that kit.  The decals are for the following aircraft, all finished in overall Glossy Sea Blue:

• F8F-1 95081 VF-31 1946
• F8F-1 95208 VF-11A 1948
• F8F-1 121509 CAG-13 July 1948

Decals are printed by Cartograf and are very well done.  The last bird, from CAG-13, is a little more colorful then the others in that its external gas tank has colored stripes on its nose.

Our thanks to Starfighter Decals for the review decals.