Rattle can it! If you do not like the results then you will not have wasted too much. I painted my XS1B in 1984 using a spray gun that resembled a jam jar and was an accessory for a vacuum cleaner. It used the output air from the cleaner. What a crappy spray gun but I still managed a nice single coat job i.e. no clear coat needed. Now years later after spraying many paint test panels with minimal training I could probably do a damn good rattle can job now.
It’s just a tank and a couple of fenders. I’d reserve the “guns” for larger objects like cars and boats. The metal flake sometimes requires two coats to get it even. Keep in mind If your shooting automotive paint with a gun you have to mix and measure and not to mention buy all that stuff. By the time you’ve measured and mixed the paint and thinner and charged up your compressor you could have laid down two coats with a can. The only pictures i have are of my station wagon wheels. The dirty one is what they looked like before. Rattle can, metal flake. The hardest part about painting is the prep work!!!
