Tailhook Topics

12 January 2024 Update: A source for the 150-gallon tank in 1/72 scale: https://www.hyperscale.com/2024/reviews/accessories/brengunbrl72282r...

Note: This kit is not for the faint of heart and lacking in modeling skill:  https://flagplot.blogspot.com/2019/02/electronic-skyraide...

4 September 2016 Update: The A4D engine's tail pipe was centered within the aft end of the fuselage tail cone on supports, which allow...

According to the F8F Pilots Handbook for all Bearcat types, "Early model day fighters were equipped with a Mk 8 Mod 6 (gunsight), while...

Although there are numerous detail differences between the -1 and -2 (see  http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2010/12/f8f-bearcat-1-vs-2.htm...

One more time - all these years looking at something and I didn't notice the obvious. The F8F-1 and F8F-2 had slightly different windscr...

Bert and Rock's latest eBook is now available and a must-have for the serious modeler looking forward to the forthcoming Kitty Hawk 48...