I have done about two dozen of the SS models, and yes, many of them are extremely fine and delicate. Some breakage is almost inevitable. My concern with epoxy paint is how thick it coats parts. It’s not made for use in modeling. It’s made for coating surfaces like concrete floors etc. if you’re using it, and then painting with another paint over it, I wonder how much fine detail will be lost.

But if you decide to do it, please let us know how it turned out.

BTW, when removing parts from sprues, I recommend that you do it inside a box, as it reduces the risk of parts flying off, never to be seen again.