It's going to be painted, same base color as the rest of the fleet. My understanding is due to maintenance and certification issues (the 77Ws were all delivered in the new delivery, they didn't wear the bare metal like the 200s did)
Yeah, I saw that and updated my post accordingly. But I can't imagine that there would be any major issue with the 77W being polished metal.
Typical AA - cheap out and fail on the execution. What should be a great commemoration of a fascinating corporate history is tarnished by cheapness and halfassery. (But spend the time and money to trademark the most boring of the 50 shades of grey: Silver Eagle!)
Here's a beautiful retrojet done right:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Amer...57-223/49238/L