got this kit. so you want to build a balsa kit...total fun until you want to paint it. you need to develop this skill before you try it on the kit you just built. guillow no longer has any paints.soo..when you go to the hobby store.you will find out you are on your own, a lost art .they will tell you to make a test set up a grid with balsa sticks and doped tissue ...and try to see what diffent paints do to it....do it or you will ruin your kit..if you followed guillows book and use wood glue as a dope. the tissue will sag with each painting....good luck, these kits are not for the faint of heart..the guy at our local hobby store started to buid one tossed it in the trash. went back to plastic.