I took it a step further.....I'm not even painting the pilots......I just painted the canopy dark like they have window tinting....call it night shields
Here's some updates.....the painting is coming along, but is still a little messy and needs touchups before finalizing. (I had a little extra motivation to take some more pics today, which you'll see at the end) Not completely happy with the flying base grooves, but it holds.
The converted weapons sans paint.
The bottom showing magnetized pieces.