Thought I'd put a pic of my mod now its done. Had a few shots to test the paint. Found the enamel black was coming off where the band tie and latex are on the fork tip - need to work on my dry-time patience so I left the sling tips with the marks to remind me about patience.
Seeing now if some CA/super glue will add a protective coat / maybe strengthen the mod. Thanks to previous forum posts I ceased the 'brush on method' [!?!] and the CA application is with paper...just a layer or 2 at the time of this pic. Will do a whole tube or three and see from there. Will finish with Green Paracord.