Trumpeter 1/32 Trumpeter F8F-2 BearcatThe F8F Bearcat was the speediest prop driven fighter that Grumman ever produced, but it arrived too late to see combat in WWII. It was intended as an interceptor fighter, operating from carriers. In modern vernacular, it might have been called the "Hellcat Lite"; The F8F featured all metal construction, a cantilever low wing monoplane design, folding wings for carrier operations, self sealing fuel tanks, four . 50 caliber machine guns and power by