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> Any chance I could do with household foil?
Sure can. That's what I'm using. Wallgreen's brand aluminum foil.
>What kind of adhesive do you use for this anyway?
Elmer's stick glue. I'm using the washable school-grade stick. If I screw up, simply peel the foil off and clean up with water.
> Any advice? :)
With the washable glue, you don't need to stress over screwing up putting the foil on. Don't fret about perfection, real aircraft panels do have some waves and bumps, it adds character.
My tools are simple. Elmer's glue, the foil, 0000 steel wool, a artist's smudge stick to burnish down the foil and bring out details, sharp pair of scissors and an extremely sharp x-acto blade (Dull blade will tear the foil).
Oh and a metal burnishing tool. That helps hide creases in the foil if you encounter them.
Try to work on one panel at a time, don't try and cover a large area with a single piece of foil. Overlap your cuts on the adjacent panel.
The best advice I can give is: Jump in and have fun. Take a horizontal stabilizer and start foiling it. You'll learn quite a bit from "just doing it". That's the way I started with my P-51 several months ago :)
Two things to help you get started:
A Fine Scale Modeler PDF on an aluminum P-38
This guy's article on his 1/48 B-29 helped me quite a bit
One word of warning... Your desk will start looking like it rained aluminum strips very quickly!