I have an old Lorch-Schmidt lathe from 1920s which needs repainting (it's been rather roughly painted in the intervening years).
I don't know much about painting other than that it is much harder than it looks to get good results! Looking at some similar lathes in good condition they seem to have been painted with some kind of black enamel and have a very smooth and fine finish (which looks similar to a Japanned finish).
I am assuming that I will almost certainly need to spray the paint would a "cheap" car type gravity feed gun be sufficient or does the task really call for something better?
Given the superb paint finish on some locomotive models at the exhibitions matters of painting must be of interest to many model engineers - are there any good books on how to do this sort of painting?
Alan