Hey everyone thanks for the tips on painting. Bret.I did realize that a teardown in someway shape or form would have to happen. i knew that going into it at least. i'll look into the weathing makeup from Tammy. On that note I thnk that i won't worry to much about the paint for about a week or so. That way i can remind the family taht i DO live there and I'm not just some guy who's renting space above the garage.

I got a 4 day break coming up where it's going to be just me and dog. Think that would be a good time to dig deep and get the paint on her.
I hope to make it back to Danville in April Not sure yet if I'll be able to might only be able to make Saturday.
thanks again to all. I'll keep the updates for this going until the
JS-2 is "done enough" I say that because i think we can all agree that a tank is truely never "done" there is always something else.
Bill