the last time they painted Dago Red they painted quite a bit. when Dago Red was on the way to Reno, it hit some rain, they had to do some painting at Reno, I personly like the flames, but when you are building one from a mustang kit, they are a bit hard to do, I think ill hire someone to do it. Im putting a .91 asp 2 stroke in mine. it wieghs 10-11 pounds with a cliped wing at 62 inches, was 64. lots of work ahead, i have pictures in my gfallery of the construction so far.