While the yellow paint is giving me fits because of it's transparency, I moved on to varnishing the stained wood and applying a coat of satin lacquer to the parts painted red. Definitely, the dull finish is more pleasing. I have to wait for the yellow enamel to cure for 48 hours, and with the varnish and lacquer are drying, I decided to cut a new wheel retaining pin from the aluminum stock I purchased.
It required a lot of hand filing after cutting it out with my saw, but I think I got it to the right width. Fortunately, my wife has a pair of rounded nosed pliers for jewelry bead work that I could use to make the rounded top. The pin on the left in the picture is mine, the other three are my grandfather's. The rounded nose pliers did "too good" of a job as the top is nearly a perfect circle. It appears Grandpa just used flat needle nosed pliers to shape his. But this way, it will be easy to spot the replacement pin if one looks closely enough. I haven't cleaned and polished the other three pins yet. I will clean each aluminum piece as I reassemble the wagon.
For now, I'm watching paint dry. Once the wheels are lacquered and dry, I can start reassembling. I still have to buy a bit of leather to remake the horse's harness. Over time, it has aged and cracked to the point of falling apart. I also found a place where I can purchase an acrylic display case for the wagon. Not really sure I will like the effect, but I wanted to give it a try. I have dusted mine in the past, and it's a pain in the neck. So a case will keep it clean. If I like it, I'll get a second one for myself.
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