Anyone ever built a flintlock kit?

[Canuck Bob]

I'm hoping for real life experiences from anyone who tried this successful or not. My focus is a kit like Track of the Wolf produces in flintlock. However the more finished kits like the Lyman are also interesting. It will be a left hand side lock. My current flinter is a LH .54 Deerstalker which I like but it is a lot of rifle for range only. I no longer hunt. I'm handy enough and have the required tools.

Something a little more historical from the late flint era is interesting. Maybe a NW Trade or an English sporting rifle from a kit manufacturer like Track, TVM, Chambers, Etc.. I'm not a purist and will use modern vent liners, rifles instead of smoothbore, good iron sights and probably smaller bores like .36 or .45.

How did you handle the metal finishing?

How did you acquire the kit?

How long from start to finish?

Is it just more sensible to buy the rifle in the white or finished?