indeed, DB the radom is marked as a no piant area, even tho is is actually painted, sort of. the nose is fibreglass, as ally would alter the radar waves, and the coating is a neoprene [grey on f3, blaco or grey on Gr] They could have had a black nose, if they had used black neoprene, but they slapped a coat of paint on it, and wondered why the radar did not work!!!