Alllllll righty then. I decided to go with the rattle can, Tamiya TS-83 for the metal finish and some dark OD for the top. I know it looks a bit bright but I am figuring after weathering it will have some sort of a "used" but not used up look to it.
After a week of not doing anything I decided to apply some decals. Have some problems with the transparency of the stars over the invasion stripes but hey, this is almost done and you really cant tell, right?
I´d ask Tamiya for another decals sheet. Or a buddy that doesn´t need the stars. Place a second set of stars on top of the already applied ones and the transparency problem should be gone.