Bizz, I swear I'm snake bit. In the past 200 miles of riding I've had all three bikes take hits.
About the paint. For small stuff I don't use a booth, but I'm building one to do the parts for Moby Brick Too. I'm almost done with it, and once I know how it works will do a write up on it. I have a couple of Harbor Freight guns, but I'm too lazy to use them because they are more trouble to clean. Mostly I use rattle cans and a cheap Badger 250 airbrush.
I suppose if there is a demand for it, I could do a write up on how I paint parts. I have it down to a pretty painless process, at least for me. I don't keep my bikes in concours condition, but they look pretty good up to five feet.