Well while I was off sick from work I had time to sort through some of my photos and found a few for this thread.

  I've now stained the heads surround still needs a couple of coats but is unbelievably close to the original which I'm very happy about. 

 Also started on the pin mechs.   Took a while to bring myself to pull them apart but are far more simple than I first thought.  One down 9 to go lol