After 11 weeks things are starting to take shape.........
Being an old design (some might say an obsolete one
) I decided it had to look like it had been around for a while, so the colour and fittings have been selected with that in mind.
The finish is Wattyl Colourwood Jarrah with lots of black dye added for an instant 'patina'. The application involved 2 coats of stain on the flat areas, four coats on edges of the rings to darken them a little more.
The lot was then given two coats of pre-catalysed varnish to seal it. This varnish takes a week or more to fully harden but once set will last longer than I will.....
As brass tube is hard to come by these days, the struts have been painted in PPG Gold epoxy enamel. All gold coloured items were first sanded with 400 grit then etch primed with SLS and then 2 coats of finish coat followed by a satin clear coat.
Still have lots to do but here is a preview of things to come: