Thanks for the comments. I'm still learning how to build and paint these things and I tend to paint them more artistically than realistically. Also, I don't have an airbrush, so I have to hand paint everything and do the modulations with oils.
I just put the missile together and puttied the seams. Now it's time to paint it. I tried handpainting using Vallejo white German tank crew, but the brush strokes are way too apparent for it to work. Since I can't spray this color, I'm thinking about trying something new. I'm going to paint it Tamiya German gray from the spray can, and then use white and gray oils to bring it up to the light gray it's supposed to be, along with highlights and shadows. I'll post pics of my experiment with this method soon.
I should get an airbrush soon. It might open up a whole new world for me. I also use a Mosin-Nagant headspace tool as a PE bender lol
Edit - tested this experiment. No good, brush strokes are way too apparent. Guess I'm going to have to get an airbrush for this part.