This is what this is all about .I am seeing more and more really great Bare Metal Panels on Planes done with Alclad . I might try it one of these days . I still do it my way which to some is frightful , tedious and just plain aggravating !
Yup , I use four or five shades of bare metal foil . usually foil I make myself with the Foil adhesive and four or five sheets of foil from different Dollar type stores and some sheets turned dull side out .
You see I learned doing car trim that the cheaper the foil the better the burnishing worked .Why ? Well some of the cheap stuff , though very shiny is also very thin and in some cases thinner that B.M.F.brand .
That said there is a warning I will issue here .If you go to Hobby Lobby because you are on a tight budget , DO NOT buy the Testors foil . It's garbage as far as I am concerned ! It's hard to burnish , The adhesive is to strong and you'll rip your part AND it falls off after about a month or so . Leastwise that's my experience with it ! Looks pretty in the package though and the price is attractive .
Save your coins and when you can buy one package of B.M.F. Brand at a time while you build .Then when you are ready you have your foil ! OR if you are a really good airbrush painter go for the Alclad . I have only tried it on car Bumpers . It is some cool stuff !
Or be an old poop like me and make your own B.M.F.