I love my Tak NJP & Big 10" CF newt - but couldn't live with the baby green mount colour anymore - so had it stripped down & powdercoated in Apollo 11 colours.
Also changed the colour of the Skywatcher white tube rings & mirror cells from the 'scope Jet black, and also powder coated the white Ioptron tripier legs silver to match it all.
There were a few minor gremlins with performance post mods due to slipping locknuts on powdercoated surfaces, but that's all sorted now.
The project took about 2 months and only cost me around $750
Must be the result of watching all the episodes of "Wheeler Dealers"