flying lion, If you do decide to go the full restoration route (and you should) may I suggest covering brands in order of "easiest to use" (again IMHO), 1st place tie with Tower Kote and China Cote; second place Ultra Cote, 3rd place old newspapers
, and last place Monokote (or Monocrap as it is called around here). Be assured you will get other opinions on the subject of covering brands to use . Go for it and good luck.