Woops. Posted it in October.
This is my IB-5. Its the first time I have made a Kit before.
I was going for a slightly rubbed antique look as a Warm up to maybe doing a steampunk project in future. As per usual first stage was to sand it. I then spay painted it with black paint. Then rubbed most of that out ( Not all. Still left some in the grain to make it look as if it has been restored/ Old) I made my own Stain using 2 Off the shelf Colors from Bunnings. for the finish I used shellac with a bit of the same stain in it. It has about 12 coats of shellac on it. after each 4 coats I rubbed it with 0000 steel wool. the result is the uneven shade through the face getting darker on the edges.
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