Thanks to all of you very much
RickO and Jeff, Brian, Easton O, thanks for the nice words
Roger, I built two one is for sale the other is for my layout
Chris, and Alan, thanks very much for the kind words
Dave thanks, I'm looking forward to seeing your project
Portland Rose and, Keith thanks for the nice comments
Alan, thanks I can't give those secrets away. LOL LOL. The method I use is dark stain and Acrylic paint but the technique I use is very hard to explain.
Thanks Don, Captain John, Mike F , AGHRMatt, Mike R , Zeke, and Pops for the very kind words.
Jim thanks, I'm really looking forward to seeing yours on the layout.
Thanks again to all, Alex