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Emblem/Badge restoration.
Seabeowner:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on August 13, 2024, 07:38:31 PM ---I'm going to have a go at improving the appearance of my tank badges before I fit them back in place.(Boy are they expensive).
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The original 500 badges were silver. The badges now sold are 750 badges and they are gold. Sold the ones I restored that were not great so just bought a set from Japan (So net cost only £37)
Bryanj:
Just to confirm that yes there are two different parts for each side BUT they are soft enough to reshape the curve easily and many years ago when there were a few majour spares suppliers like Tippetts, Fowlers, Skellerns,Bill Smith etc and i was talking to the manager of one of those he admitted they only kept one part number to keep inventory down
Spitfire:
Yes Humbrol model paint 14ml tinlets, I used their paints for little jobs all over the F1 when I was restoring it, enamel paint, hard wearing and easy to use.
Cheers
Dennis
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Bryanj on August 14, 2024, 07:38:20 PM ---Just to confirm that yes there are two different parts for each side BUT they are soft enough to reshape the curve easily and many years ago when there were a few major spares suppliers like Tippetts, Fowlers, Skellerns,Bill Smith etc and i was talking to the manager of one of those he admitted they only kept one part number to keep inventory down
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I had not realised the badges were actually handed Bryan, I assumed they came straight and bent to fit.
Now I have looked at the Parts Book I see they are handed as there are different numbers for L & R - threw me as my badges have the same casting number 323 on the rear.
I guess it's fading over time - my badges look silver on the top edges & gold at the bottom.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Spitfire on August 14, 2024, 07:50:09 PM ---Yes Humbrol model paint 14ml tinlets, I used their paints for little jobs all over the F1 when I was restoring it, enamel paint, hard wearing and easy to use.
Cheers
Dennis
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Much harder than I thought it would be Dennis - more paint on my hands & office work surface than on the badges.
They are starting to look better if you are 10 feet away - I'm no good with a small paint brush so using a blunt hollow needle for most of the work.
When they look half decent from a few feet away I'll post some photo to give folk here a laugh.
At the moment I'm painting the badges that came with the bike as a sort of trial.
Be great if my phone had a soft focus facilty
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