Depends what colour you want it to be. If black, then by all means spray black. If red, then my advice would be to spray white, then spray red (Tamiya probly do a matt red spray. Failing that, my airbrush is at your disposal. In fact, if you want to have a shotty airbrushing, that mini would be a good one to try it on. We could have a painty day. Just a thought

). Then shade down to black.
Also, if you can get away with it, leave the wings off until after it's painted, otherwise they'll get in the way. Depends on how cleanly they can be attached, though.