I've added a few photos to my Gallery page: http://www.utahastronomy.com/Chuck?page=5 These show some aspects of preparing the Sonotube form prior to gelcoat application, and spraying the gelcoat itself. Many thanks to my employee Marty Harrison, who does a great job in my paint booth. The fiberglass will be laminated into the mold on 1/11 and after curing for up to several days, I'll peel off the Sonotube and begin working-up the surface gloss. I will be molding end-rings from fiberglass, as well as tube clamp-rings for attaching to the mount. This scope is somewhat of a throwback design, incorporating some new ideas into a tried and true classic tube assembly. It will be gloss white as are all my scopes since the early '90's. After building dark tubes with metallic charcoal finishes, I found that the traditional white tube is much easier to discern under a dark sky- easier to find one's way around all the appurtenances in very low-light conditions. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com