Neuling
Good finish!

Ogre-Trombone
Found some photos with better lighting and decided to add them.

Neuling
👍

Bernd Grün
Very well! I like that NMF Starfighters. Congrats, Mate! 👍

Robert Barkoski
The foil is convincing, how do you apply it?

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Ogre-Trombone
I used Micro Metal Foil Adhesive. It brushes on regular aluminum foil quite neatly. Once it's dry, you cut an appropriately shaped piece and burnish it into place with a cotton swab. Then you can use a rounded toothpick to press it into details like rivets and panel lines. The glue is pressure activated and bonds quite well, though the edges can be fragile. It's painstaking, patient work, but it's satisfying. There's a pretty good tutorial here: finescale.com/online..e-with-aluminum-foil

I did have some trouble with the varnish. Someone had recommended applying a layer of Quick Shine as a Future replacement before placing the decals. This was a mistake. I've since had better luck with GX100, but I've also read that you can forgo the first gloss layer and just apply your decals over the bare foil. I think I'll test this out next time.

Robert Barkoski
Thank you for the info. The process reminds me of vinyl application. I've used Quickshine before with cars. What did it do to the foil?

Ogre-Trombone
@Robert Barkoski, the Quick Shine was very fragile and tended to flake off, leaving some odd jagged edges.

Wojtek G.
Good job! My F-104 is still waiting for its time...