Congratulations Clyde on a job well done. It is days like this that keep a lot of us scrolling away. Glad to hear of successes. Thanks for sharing this with us.
My sister has commissioned my to make this bank. She is going to be giving this as a shower gift to a friend that is having a girl. The bank is 3 3/4 in wide x 6 3/4 tall and 9 1/2 long. The paint is acrylic and it was top coated with shellac.
Glad no one was hurt by this nest. They are a real ( pardon the pun ) pain when encountered while logging. You ought to see a nest that contains 80 thousand bees or more... it is huge. Anyway loved the pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Tony you may want to check here for parts for this - http://www.ereplacementparts.com/ They have access to a lot of parts for a lot of different manufactures and models.