I've seen several methods mentioned in the forums of giving an aircraft an aluminum finish, but I'm not clear on how to do any of them. Several 'names' are usually mentioned - Bare Metal Foil, Alclad, and others that don't come readily to mind at the moment.
At least one method, I've gathered from the wording used when discussing it, is some kind of paper or sheet placed on the surface of the kit and then somehow adhered to it permanently. Others I would assume are special paints that accurately represent an aluminum (or other metal) finish. Which is which? And are there other methods of applying a natural metal finish to a plane? I'd like to try one on a yellow-wing aircraft build I'm planning, but I don't know which method would be the easiest for me to handle. The last thing I need os to get in over my head early on.