SteveH

Updates for tonight... Good news and bad news...

Good news. I looked at the originals from museums and the finish seemed to be a bit deeper and smoother on the bed... So, I felt the need to try to do the same (without doing "filling" just paint and sand..

Sequence, sand400, paint flat, sand 400, paint flat, paint flat, sand, paint flat, paint flat, sand, paint satin, paint satin.

Then two hours working out the design on the PC for the bed goldwork,
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Cut one corner out and "test fitted" it.
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here is the inspiration for this
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