Here is another update for today. During the course of this project I somehow managed to lose one of the little resin half moons that came with the kit, so I had to make my own. I used a scrap piece of sheet aluminum, that luckily was the exact thickness, and bend it around a 3/4" o.d. steel tube. I then used masking tape to make a template from the remaining half moon and taped it onto the newly bend sheet. After using a cutting disc to cut out the basic shape, I then used a flat needle file to get them into the exact shape. Then I finished them off with a light sandpaper to remove any deep scratches and bring them to a nice shine.
Making these little guys from scratch seemed like a very daunting task, but it was not as hard as it seemed. It certainly looks better and in the end will be much stronger than resin.
That is all for today!