thats is a nice looking silver, but i did one my pa raised not to long ago and i did the same thing michelle metinoned and that was to make a mold, but i also would try and not to paint the waddles red, cuases them to look plastic looking if you know, i would just try and pull the waddles out with pins,then tick clay in behing=d the waddles and but a clear over them befopre they have time to dry and turn a off color red-orange not sure if this will help buit ill call my godmother down there at the san berdino museum and ask her what she thinks, she knows a lot more bout bird taxi then me, since she has many more years of experinces