My bad guys, I should have taken pictures first (doing it right now, hang on a sec! Phones not great for pics so we'll see how it turns out......) Pretty shitty but:
Not sure how well you can make it out, but it's not painted for sure, it's like a plastic "cap" or something. There's a seam between the orange and black, so it's an added on piece. I'm going to buy a new slide and stuff eventually, but I just spent close to a grand on a whole load out to get me started, so upgrades are going to be a little further along =P