talk to Chad about rivets. You can find him on here. He will sell you a package of rivets and panels for your plane. I used the vinly rivets, chart tape and Rustoleum Aluminum paints. Came out pretty good. I used different shades of Model masters Aluminums to help with the simulated panels. Havent done much weathering yet. i a using the 2000ma packs from tower. 6 channel 9 servoes if I remember .