Hi everyone. I got a JR-1M kit as a birthday present and am finally getting started. It took a while to come up with a design that I liked but I finally settled on this one. I made a full size drawing and made a mock build to see how it would look with the hardware http://imgur.com/nLqHqCb.

My question (probably the first of many) is whether this type of design is possible with a dye or would I have to paint it? I've heard that mahogany doesn't take blue or green dye very well plus there is a little more detail than a normal burst which might complicate things.