Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat QLD adopted a reverse configuration of

adopted a reverse configuration of the armaments which nevertheless remain the same

The early type had a closed cab and a metal cargo body

fitted with a short 37 mm gun

the Mirage F1B

II plastic sprues

Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat QLD adopted a reverse configuration ofThe F8F BThe F8F Bearcat was the last of Grumman's piston engine carrier based fighters. Two XF8F 1 prototypes were ordered in November 1943, and the first of these was flown on 21 August 1944. Grumman decided once again to utilize the most powerful engine available at the time, the Pratt & Whitney R 2800 Double Wasp the same engine that had powered both their Hellcat and Tigercat designs. This time, the engine was fitted to the smallest, lightest