[Gil]

I've been experimenting with aluminum for a while now. Glad to see you "entering the fray" so to speak. Below exhibits a soda can derived aluminum tail cone surface for a A6M2 Zero. It's banged up due to a long period of "hangar rash." The one behind is formed from dead soft 0.005" tooling foil. I now prefer tooling foil and a slightly thicker variety for making formers and stringers.

I've found what might be called the idea glue for aluminum - "Loctite Super Glue, Ultra Gel Control." Properly cleaned surfaces bond exceptionally well and the dispenser allows great control of placing "droplets" on the aluminum surface.

Slowly working toward an all aluminum scale model - yeah, it really is one of those obsessive compulsive things that you have to mental health breaks every so often just to freshen the mindset up a tad...,

-Gil