I ended up going with the beech and started finishing them with CA only to receive pins ect this morning and find that my scales need to go on a diet if i want these pins to fit, so i had to order some 1/16 brass rod. Probably gonna sand them a bit thinner though anyway. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.