The main gear legs don’t have to be painted. Neither do the gear wells. But it would look so much nicer if it’s not bare fiberglass. The gear legs are going to be hit by small rocks kicked up be the tires during takeoff and landing. So regular paint would look pretty bad after just a couple takeoffs and landings. Malcolm suggested Zolatone paint. It’s “splatter” type of finish that takes abuse without showing and doesn’t require prefect finishing prior to painting.

So I ordered a quart and started shooting. This stuff is a pain to shoot! If my gun had a larger nozzle, it would probably be easier. As it was, every now and then the nozzle would get hopelessly clogged and I would have to clean it out. What could have taken 15 minutes with the correct nozzle took about 90 minutes.

Gear well:

Closeup

Gear leg

Finished and reassembled.