Just for fun.... a picture for emcouragement...

It's tough, do a nice paint job, then beat the heck out of it. I weathered with Testors flat paint thinned with metalizer thinner. Makes it slightly shiney like oil. Seems the Spit's leaked a lot of oil.

I attached my cannons by using magnets....(3)

The guns slide into a tube with a 1/8 balsa "spar". The magnets hold them on fine during flight. If you hit them, and you will, the balsa just breaks off. No damage to the wing or gun.

I have aslo drilled and tapped the guns on another Spit. Used nylon bolts and screwed the guns on for flight. Took them off for transport.

Plane is a Fiberclassics Spit btw.