Rick Shanner
Chatham, Illinois
The French air force deployed F8Fs to Indochina in their fight against the Viet Minh. Rick converted Hobbycraft’s 1/48 scale Bearcat into a reconnaissance aircraft by adding cameras to the drop tank. Using Testors enamels, he base-coated the model with silver, then airbrushed sea blue and chipped it for a weathered combat veteran.