Thanks guys! It's all one color now - pics to follow later today.
atlpete, I was going to first use Modelflex gray primer, but Modelflex states that dark colors don't require primer, so I shot the parts just with Modelflex Mopac blue with good coverage.
Greg, I've had to reglue a few stanchions, so I'm second-guessing my decision to use brass. The short ones don't have much surface area for gluing. I should have soldered a section of brass wire to bend and secure through the sill. The lift bars were trial and error until I got the look of the prototype. To save on wire, I should have drawn a template to follow. It only took a few tries, and I started from the middle and worked my way outward.
