You guys should have seen the crap I cobbed when I was a broke high school and college student.... I had zero patience, knew just enough to get in trouble mechanically and I was satisfied with a repair that lasted a week.
Competitive MX motorcycle racing, building model then real airplanes, a mechanical engineering degree, buying old beat up Porsches and acquiring a few gray hairs somehow changed my attitude over the years..... I pretty much am to the point that when it comes to mancave projects I live by the old saying: If it "ain't" right it's wrong.....
(Of course this is just my opinion... my wife would disagree when it comes to me working on/improving "her" house
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I have no idea how much past experience Denis has on projects like this, but he appears to be detail oriented and seems like he has a similar mindset on approaching this type of preservation/resto work. I especially liked how he figured out a clever way to wire brush the torque tube interior prior to painting them. It probably did not "need" to be done, but damnit... it just would not be "right" to pimp slap the clean shiny parts back in there with that tube looking like hell inside.
Keep up the good work Denis! I know all too well how tempting it is to rush the last few tasks when nearing completion of a long term project.