Thanks guys , ...........
Claude , Rudi , haven't touched it in awhile , but I will be working on it here and there , I've got a Panther in the works for the dio and I'm spending time on Duel in the sun also ............
Wife , kids , new retirement job , football , fishing , horseshoes , Tango lessons , [ just seeing if you're paying attention :laugh: ]
Adam , I use regular old wood stain [ golden oak , red oak ], which then will be painted and weathered accordingly so the peeling distressed paint will reveil the wood color underneath.
Ant , thanks but its not painted on [ I wish I could accomplish that !!! ] It's a print from the internet using poster stick-em over Plastruct brick sheets .
Randy , I've built hundreds of decks and additions over the years , ..... but I'll stick to 1/35 scale now , ........... I'm gettin to old for that sh#t :laugh:
Oh yeah , almost forgot , Bob Letterman , from this very site gave me the jones to build dios way , way , way , .............. how many ways should I use , ........ it was a long time ago !!!!
Him , Lewis , Verlinden , Paine , ..................... and recently Claude Clervaux
Although the the vastness of a build like Letterman , Lewis and Claude with their construction of half of Europe in a dio is simply awe inspiring !!!!!