Finishing the Bodies

After much planing and sanding I put about fifteen coats of clear, water-based polyurethane on each of the three shime bodies. As with electroplating the finish is only as good as the surface you apply it to, so the first body didn't come out quite as good as the other two because the surface wasn't as smooth. Though none of them look bad, the second and third ones came out much better. Here's the first (taller) and second (shorter).