Hawk/Testors F8F-2 Bearcat . . . Complete!

Gamera

That looks fantastic Frank! Love those bright planes like drone control aircraft. 

Love how you did her without decals, masks drive me crazy, I always get some bleed. 

 

Yours looks cool too John, amazing job for a model older than me! Makes me feel a little younger!!! 

 

Gamera, I usually shoot Tamiya X-22 clear gloss over the paint before I apply the masks to make sure I get good adhesion with the masks. When painting national insignia, I shoot the blue first then the white. That way there is no white outline under the star and bar.

As for the age of the kit, Hawk first released the kit in 1968. Testors re-released the kit in 1991. Either way, it's an old kit.