Hypomanic...

[Scott]

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Still needs some buffing and some sort of lacquer/finish, but it's looking smart.

Okay, done with this for today.  Too many other things to get done, that aren't getting done.

[BurninFilm]

Call me a turd Scott, but I like the "patina" of the untouched brass... then again, I'm REALLY anal about originality. Which is kinda odd, considering these cameras were originally shiny like you are trying to accomplish by polishing the brass. Weird, huh? I guess I'm just a strange duck...

[taulen]

Oh my !!!
That is so incredibly HOT !
I'm probably just a bit wierd, but ohhhhh <3
So beautiful, I have to get my hands og project like this, gonna start watching out for something, I must have

You're doing a real good job with these, so keep on doing it =)

[Scott]

Call me a turd Scott, but I like the "patina" of the untouched brass... then again, I'm REALLY anal about originality. Which is kinda odd, considering these cameras were originally shiny like you are trying to accomplish by polishing the brass. Weird, huh? I guess I'm just a strange duck...

You're a turd, Danny.

I agree with you, but only on items that are shelf-sitters.  This t'ain't no collector, it's a user, so I don't feel bad destroying its patina.  And tarnished brass reminds me of pee for some reason.  Yuck.

No, I'm not French polishing the wood, but there will be no crazing of the lacquer when I'm done; it'll shine, the brass will be bright, and the stinkin' ground glass will be fine (the one that's on there is the worst I've ever seen - obviously a replacement, but almost like plain glass sprayed with that frosting stuff - gonna just grind it out m'self).

So, you're not quite a turd, after all.

[radiophoto]

This is what I do, too, to the cameras I use.  If they were museum pieces I might hesitate, but I don't own any museum pieces. 

Not that I have any brass fittin's to polish, mind you, but if I want to modify a camera some way, I generally don't hesitate.