didnt suggest do it to ur rst just get a cheap car and rat look it with unique personal touches and details etc and you will see how much effort you put in to make it look good as a rat and not just a random bag of shit
yes taking paint of will cause it to rot but how bloody long would it take for a paintless bonnet to rot thru its surface rust yea but pick up a new bonnet for 30 ish quid simple fix for that everythink is fixable and replaceable on a rat