Hi Terry,
Just a suggestion for the tube. I recently refurbished a small steel tubed scope. The tube was somewhat battered and while a was able to clean the dents up it would never have looked good even with a fresh paint job.
What I did was find some suitable patterned cloth (quilting material), glued it onto the tube and then coated it with 5 coats of estapol. Repainted the endcaps gloss black and it looks great for very little $.
Some of the quilting material patterns avialable would look quite good on a scope tube.
Just a thought
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Cheers,