Reviving Bluestreak

What I've posted here are some pictures of my worn out Transformers Binaltech: Bluestreak figure by Takara Tomy.  For those who don't know, Binaltech is the Japanese version of Hasbro's Alternators toy line which were released roughly around 2003.  The main difference between the two is that the Japanese version had die-cast metal bodies while Hasbro's version were all in plastic.  Being die-cast, it is designed more for collection or display only and less of a toy.  The cars are presented in 1:24 scale and are highly detailed to match their real world counterparts.  Bluestreak's vehicle mode was based on a Subaru Impreza WRX. 

Contrary to what I've just mentioned just now, my Bluestreak had been played around quite a bit over the years thus resulting to its current sorry state.  There are numerous scratches all over the body.  Furthermore the color in other areas seemed to have faded away leaving the model with uneven shades of blue here and there.  Well today I've decided to attempt to give this car a new paint job.  I haven't quite decided if I'll keep its original blue color or go all out and custom paint it.

"You break it, I'll remake it" - Ratchet, Autobot Medic

Nevertheless, I've already began to disassemble the parts this evening in preparation for the upcoming task.  It'll probably be a while before I could fully restore this car mainly because I'm swamped with tons of work at the office lately.  I'll try not to let that hinder this project though.  Hope this paint job turns out okay. I'll post the "after" pics when I get things done.