Hi, yer, Its going to fun, I've size the motor around the prop siize at just under 4mm, getting back, talking about the prep work,!!! its coming along quite nicely, I'm using 100 grit on my sander, and then a fine 80 grit on my dramel, and then a 40/60 on a wood block to finish off with,
I notice that, some of the original wood glue is coming out , not very much , (but this will effect the look ), so I'm using a product from the states, its called Quick Wood is a repair Epoxy type of Putty brown in colour and this works a treat on those areas, as you can see, the quality of the shine of the wood is coming through now. going to use a sanding sealer, and then , if I've lost any colour in the wood, after all this sanding, then I'm to use a thin Teak oil base finish, to bring back the wood colour and then finish off with a good quality acrylic gloss spray.