[magma169]

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Originally Posted by OGTrilogy

That looks amazing! It takes guts to take apart such an expensive piece like that and customize it. Did you spray on the silver or brush it on? It looks so smooth and clean! Also, how did you repaint to cockpit canopy? Does the windshield come out or did you tape it off?

Hey man, thanks for the comment. I guess I thought of this as a bit of a challenge, cause I have actually studied vehicle design ^^.

Okay, onto the questions.
1) The silver is sprayed on, and then I applied a clear laquer coat to give it that glossy, smooth look. The tires are removable so that made things easier. The black in the spokes is hand-painted.

2) Haha, its quite interesting to mention that the canopy is in fact one whole separate, transparent plastic piece.... I initially thought that the windshield was a separate piece but all that DC did was use a thinner plastic for the canopy and just paint the top black.
In anycase, yes I masked out the windshield with tape and then applied the paint layers as described in the OP