I finally gone and done it and got me a rather nice looking 401. I want to do all the maintence work myself but looks to be in superb condiction. Not sure which route to go down via the plinth. Should I go Slatedeck or the cain and cain plinth both look great but very different open to recomendatons around this. I will post comments and thoughts as the project develops. Will it be better than my VPI time will tell as the VPI is a great turntable.