Ok here's 1000 and 2000 grit done....
And now the final outcome!!!
Before:
After:
Now there's a few little things i still have to do... like polish the inside barrel part of the slide... still a bit of orange on it and I might do what ColtFarmer said and polish out the slide grips.
After that maybe I'll polish the outer barrel... not sure if i want to leave it black yet.
Oh and sights have been reinstalled.