RE: Royal Kits
The guns are just 1/8th brass tube with a balsa block for the back (breach?). I just keeped the KlassKote grey primer for the bottom, and the top is Testors Model Master spray can Olive Drab with a template held off an inch or so for the feathering. The decals are from Cal-Grafx. The pin up girl is from Pin ups .com- found the perfect one to (resemble) my wife with a parrot on her shoulder. The rest is hand painted. And over the decals and all, is KlassKote clear for fuelproofing- cause this bird is an oil burner! I had some great chalk weathering but it dissapeared with the clear coat. Final weight will be 12.5 pounds. When I got it, it was over 16 pounds, and no retracts or flaps.
I used a spray gun for the Klasskote.