I have now masked the centres of the rims and taken them to be lightly blasted to take paint. I have bought black primer and gloss in spray cans several top coats to be applied to build up the finish. For the pin striping the same car paint suppliers in Thornton Heath have supplied post office red and a hardener this to be applied in a single coat lapping onto the black and carefully applied with a pinstriping brush when I find such, it was suggested to use a rat tail brush so I phoned Wrights of Lymm who wondered what I was talking about, they said that for pinstriping there are several options one option would be a sword liner so now I need exactly the right brush for the job. I hope also to redo the gold lining on the tank the latter is in good order except for the lining being worn. I have read that it should be possible to redo the gold lining by masking the line edges and lightly rubbing down the existing gold and after repainting the lining applying a lacquer over the top, thus avoiding the need to respray an otherwise good tank. What do you think?