@safx - At first yes, but as I progressed and was able to see what was going on I became a lot more confident. Also I only worked on that part for about 10 minutes each day so I wouldn't rush and make a mistake.

@Danke - I've never personally liked the 3hole trigs on 1911's, but I could see how it would look good here.

@Ironsight - It's worth it to have some delivered to a UPS store south of the border and then drive across to get it - Laure only ships UPS and compared to the brokerage gas is cheap!

I approve of your plan to change the sights.

For anyone who'd wondering, it the old days the 1911 trigger was steel and would get drilled if you'd had a trigger job otherwise bounce might wreck something (in other words the pistol could fire 2-3 times from one pull). If you pulled out a .45 with a 3-hole trigger it was a sign you were serious.

With Aluminum triggers it's not really needed but still taken as a sign of a worked over pistol.

Hmmm, well then, I might just have to break it down again and slap the trigger on the drill press @ work.

People will know! When you draw they'll simply turn and run rather than be shot.

The paintwork is beautiful. Did you use a hobby airbrush? How many coats in total?

A badger brand single action siphon feed airbrush. I'm not too well informed about airbrushing in general, just getting into it. But what I'm told it's the most basic kit you can get.

There were four coats done in each session, two sessions so 8 coats + touchups. DuraCoat really likes to fisheye (even when the item has been cleaned) if you don't use a reducer (which I didn't) so many light coats were the order of the day.

If I had to do it again I would have mixed in some reducer, otherwise it's a little thick.

I figured. I've got a Badger 200 single action as well...which is really enough for this kind of work. Does Duracoat take long to cure?

If I remember correctly it takes a few weeks to fully cure. Look up Nutnfancy on Youtube, he's got quite a few vids on Duracoating RS and various kit.

Dry enough to handle after an hour, I waited 8 hours to assemble and now it's sitting in my heater room (w/ the hot water heater) to cure fully.

That looks insanely awesome. Great job

I have the same base gun with the Guarder Slide and Frame and it probably wishes it looked like that. Excellent work.