I have also checked out as many pictures of Caves to see how they look to give myself color scheme ideas. It is my scope to use and it will look so much nicer redone. I can't wait until it is done and housed in its own home in my backyard. Hopefully for Mars close approach in 2003. Until then my 1975 Criterion RV-6 Dynascope will keep me busy.
Life can be good some times.
Now if I could only do something about the mosquitoes. In 1992 I repainted everything, got rust out of metal, and overall fixed it up. Over time my 12.5 inch got dirty and rusty and just overall run down. I remember I tried to make it look like the Parks 12.5 inch telescopes I saw in the ads. I kept mine outside under the garage and it just naturally got dirty.