Mark Spalding
Cumberland, Indiana
Mark scratchbuilt the main wheel wells on a Trumpeter 1/32 scale F8F-1 Bearcat using styrene tube, strip, and sheet, detailed the engine and accessory bay with lead-solder plumbing and wiring, and replaced the kit wheels with BarracudaCast resin. He painted the Grumman fighter with Tamiya, AK Interactive, and Vallejo colors to mark it for VF-126, the unit his father flew with in 1950.