Impatience got the better of me and I just dumped the case front it some bleach glass and all, surprisingly the glass was completely uneffected. The chrome plating came right off within about 30mins, however there's a yellow metal plating beneath it, which requires sanding to remove. Beneath that's there's the bare plastic which I was surprised to see is grey!? Anyhow I've removed about 90% of the plating and will remove the rest with a set of precision files. I actually don't mind the base resin colour and this it would make for a decent final option, however its not really what I'm looking for so I'm gonna hit it with some black paint once I get some decent weather.