Typhoon is still very much available:
http://www.dumasestore.com/catalog/a...ywords=typhoon

And there's a good build thread by Pat Tritle at The Site Which Cannot Be Named.
(google "tritle typhoon"...)

In my book, I describe how the epoxy can be sanded and the various ways to then get that deep shiny finish... it's work, but it's not impossible!

Pat Matthews
[link=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0615166954]Mahogany in Scale[/link]