Gus,

I have used the paint over clear monokote and it works very well (I did not sheet the wing). Cover the entire plane with the monokote and then sand it to remove the gloss with 400 grit wet dry paper used wet. Be careful not to sand through the covering on sharp edges. It really is very easy. I then gave it a coat of ordinary automotive grey primer from a spray can. I painted mine with an airbrush using tole paints (such as Ceramcoat) thinned about 50% with water. Use many THIN coats. You can use your heat gun to help the drying process. Be aware that it looks like sh** at first. Keep at it it will get better. The advantage of the tole paints is that they are available in hundreds of shades and are quite cheap. After all the markings are on I give it a coat of satin clear polyurethane to fuelproof it. I've done several planes like this and the results are very good. Robart has plastic "Robostruts" that, although not functional, look great on warbirds without adding much weight. The cockpit can be detailed without any weight either. I did not put cannons or antennae on mine simply because they get broken off too frequently. By the way, my spitfire below was scratch-built, the wing from the 40 size Dynaflite Spitfire plans, and the fuse from a set of enlarged Guillow's Spitfire plans. (I didn't like the squarish Dynaflite fuse). It weighs 5 1/4 lbs, grooves very nicely at speed and lands at walking speed. It definitely is a floater.

Cheers!

Jollidude