THE PAINTING BEGINS....
After much debate between brushing, aerosol cans or airbrush, I finally got this rather nerve racking part started. Dismissed the idea of hand painting, thanks to Voyager and Tug Kenny. Had loads of trouble trying to get an airbrush and the one I did find was no better than a kids toy costing over 30 euros, so I obtained some aerosols, primer, gloss red and matt black. (May have to drop hints for an airbrush from the UK at Xmas)
Hull prepared and sprayed with three coats of primer as per Stavros's instructions.......Now the patient bit, waiting a day or so for it to dry properly before moving onto the second stage....