I have started the painting in my head though, helps to think it through. There is one item I am seriously dreading and that is all the nuts, bolts, and screws. All but the four bolts holding the stabs on get painted, which means all those others have to be chucked in the drill and spun on some scotchbrite. Some would use self etching primer but it fills the indents to much, I use an airbrush with some metal primer. All that will probably take a day in itself.