The question of painting (as well as removing paint) seems to come up quite often, 
enough to warrant mentioning it here; actually someone even specifically mailed me 
about adding a section on this. Personally I rather suck at it, so I will just 
direct you to the 'experts':
<rec.models.rc.land&as_usubject=paint">http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=rec.models.rc.land&as_usubject=paint>
<http://freespace.virgin.net/bodyshells.uk/faq/faq.htm>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=remove+paint+body&btnG=Google+Search&meta=group%3Drec.models.rc.land>
<http://www.rcxotic.com/pkg-how/000002/>