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Tank badges
Davelu88:
Hi iam trying to restore a set of tank badges and although I have got all the old enamel off one of them is a bit marked etc . I painted with umbrol but it looked crap and uneven , has anyone come up with a decent way of painting the letters . Cheers
Oddjob:
Doing a set now Dave, if it turns out ok I’ll post a thread detailing how it was done.
Post a pic of the badge so we can see how it turned out, did you paint the white in or use a drop method and allow it to settle flat?
Did you do anything with the gold exterior?
Davelu88:
I wanted the badges blacked out for a project I'm doing so I painted the umbrol enamel paint in the letters and then baked them for a bit but the enamel looked very uneven . Look forward to see how yours turn out Ken, do the 750 badges fit on the 550 tanks .
taysidedragon:
I did some Triumph badges with Humbrol and it took 2/3 coats to get a nice even finish.
Oddjob:
It would appear so Dave, they used to have a 323 part number so individual to that bike, however CMS have substituted 300 part numbers so they must be the same dimensions but with a small paint difference maybe.
As said, try a couple more coats and see how they are after that. You can always strip them if you don't like it.
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