Great info! Thanks all. what kind of paint would you recommend? and should I sand the whole body as a preparation for the painting process?
sincerely yours
mrcase 
Hi,
I have done my "T-Bone"(containing max´s MK47 of course

) as follows:
*Filled the engravings with 2k glue for metall connections and let it dry well
*Sanded the whole body and controlled the formerly engraved parts with my figer tips
*Cleaned it to get rid of any dust and fat parts
*Used a 1K primer (spray) first
*Put "Hammerite" laquer on it to give it a vintage look
*Let it dry very well before proceeding assembly
I should mention that it is very important not to put any laquer on the top and bottom parts where the metall tube is touching the head basket and the bottom part!This would destroy the propper shielding against rf.Simply measure from head to bottom after assembly,your DMM reading should end up very close to 0 ohms.
Have fun,
Udo.