I’m not a model maker, but I appreciate quality craftsmanship. This looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

My late uncle showed me this technique many years ago and I'm just getting back into modeling and what a joy to find this video.

Can't wait to try it to honor his memory.

just want to say that I am very  happy to see another quality modeling channel appear on YouTube. The foiling video is excellent. Enough so that I am going to try this out on one of my kits. But I want to encourage you to continue with this channel as too much of what is out there is of limited value. Not to say that there are not some great channels, there are several, some of which have only recently started. What's great about all of this, is that for me, it represents a challenge to get better. I've been building for a long time, but never quite seemed to get my work to the level I desired. But I hope to change that. Seeing what you and other's have done, and seeing how you did it, well, it makes me more intent on getting there myself. Thanks for that.

If you use the cheapest foil you can find, thin, thin, thin.
You can stretch it into that forward wing root piece. You will have cut it to fit in an arch pattern.  If it splits, you can apply a patch over it , sand a feather as needed.  
sometime I just put paint into the split.
Remember, foil compresses as much as it streches.
Hope this helps.
Wonderful job on that P40.

hello, i have just found you as a suggestion from youtube's algorithm and just watched 5 mins , but i am already a fan. excellent clear instinctive explanations, thanks, j

Very nice demostration. Clear and to the point. Keep up the good work, and make more videos.

I’m building the p-51 mustang “quick silver “ and this helped me a lot.

That's a very cool idea. I think this might be another level of realism to that airplane than if it was painted!

I am impressed.  I wish that I had such a tutorial when I was making models in my younger days.  We had a foil product with adhesive already applied to use on models but no really clear instructional guidelines.  It was a pain to use and very thick.  Good work.

This looks very much like gilding, and indeed Your hands look golden doing it!

When I was in middle school (86 - 88) my Dad and a few of his friends would get together at our house once a week. The raced their model race cars on a homemade track similar to that of pinewood derby but without any lanes, just wide open. They assembled the race car bodies separately from the chassis and roll cage of the race cars. The would wrap the bodies in foil, smooth out the wrinkles, paint and decal it, and tape it onto the chassis. They each had 4 or 5 cars and mostly would tear them up every week. Until now, I never say anyone else use that method for anything.

I love it. Thanks for the tip on using reg. aluminum foil with applied adhesive. Your patients and attention to detail show in your work! Congrats...

I worked on F4's when in the RAF in the 1980's and took those heat shields off the back end so many times . They are secured with screws with very large heads into enlarged holes to allow for thermal expansion. The panels overlap each other . The colour of the heat shields is like a dark metallic grey and they are also coated in patches of dark soot unless they are newly replaced and they are made of titanium I think the aluminium foil looks fantastic but maybe  bit more burning on the foil would be a more realistic reflection of historical authenticity  "what a really awesome technique" .

I don't make models but I just stumbled upon this tonight - this is so cool! thanks for teaching me how this works!

This is sledgemaster. That a beautiful book of beautiful German planes. I love putting models together. God bless u and ur family.

What a brilliant tutorial; well done and thank you for posting. I've spent years looking for something as approachable as your technique without success. You make the process look so attainable. 10:10.

Really great video well done. You have a quiet, down to earth style which is easy to listen to and you know your stuff. All those views and only 495 or so likes ? That must be a mistake. Cant wait to see the finished product!

Excellent work and excellent results. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video. All the best...Tom

This is great work! Very impressive, congrats!

Thank you for this, I think!. Gives me an excuse to re-make my Phantom F4. This is an excelent tutorial.