FOILED LIGHTNING - FineScale Modeler

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How to finish your planewith aluminum foilStory and photos by Bucky SheftallFOILED LIGHTNINGLike other incurable perfectionists in our hobby, I was discouragedby modeling natural-metal finishes. Metallic paints never seemedconvincing on anything much larger than a 1/48 scale landinggear a year ago, I saw pictures of an aluminum-foil covered B-58Hustler, and I was enthralled. I just had to try aluminum are two ways to apply an aluminum foil finish. The easiermethod is to use a commercial adhesive foil product, such as Bare-Metal Foil (see sidebar on page 29).

How to finish your plane with aluminum foil FOILED LIGHTNING Story and photos by Bucky Sheftall L ike other incurable perfectionists in our hobby, I was discouraged by modeling natural-metal finishes.

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