The first rough layout for my YoSafBridge pistol display.

There were three main elements.
First, was the pistol Saffron, I mean Bridget, I mean Yolanda; pulled on Mal and Durran Haymer in "Trash".
The casting was REALLY badly pitted and covered in pinholes.
(There is a picture of it earlier in the thread.)
Even after all the work to clean it up and rebuild broken down parts, painting STILL exposed some pinholes!
Sigh...
Fortunately, the weathering I did on the pistol covered the most glaring places.
On the plus side, I decided to go with a satin nickel finish on the frame and slide to contrast with the machined parts;
and the silver and gunmetal painted parts.
I'm very pleased with the contrast and overall look.
As with the Wash pistol, (and any number of these projects, really),
it seems hard to believe these will ever turn out right many times during the build process.
It is always a mixture of relief and satisfaction when they turn out OK at the end.
The second element of the display that became more work than intended,
well, let's quote Mal:
"You and lipstick are a dangerous combination, as I recall".
That's right, Saffron's other weapon was the "goodnight kiss".
Just buy a tube of white lipstick, right?
Not quite...
First, I could just never seem to remember to look when I was at the store.
I finally added it to a shopping list,
and then couldn't find a cylindrical lipstick tube.
(They're all square-ish now, it seems.)
I was getting ready to search eBay when I thought, "nuts, I'll just make that, too."
I'm pretty sure I'm now in possession of the fanciest non-lipstick tube on the planet!
And since the "lipstick" itself is white plastic, I don't have to worry about it ever melting or crumbling.
The last element of the display is the pictures.
I was thinking a miniature frame work to hold two pictures of YoSafBridge and the lipstick tube.
I also made posts to hold the pistol.
The finished YoSafBridge display:

I removed the Durran Haymer elements from the display because it was too crowded.
The wooden frame/divider I made for the inside came out as I hoped,
but the stain isn't quite red enough.
It still worked out OK, and I might incorporate this concept into another display down the road.
Mike