Saving Old Seagulls

That's much better looking.

How did you re-do the lettering in the flywheel cover? (i've used a fine nibbed paint pen you can get from most good art supply shops)
Nice job that and i like the way you've left most of the patina too.



I had thought about getting some of these covers stamped out of a sheet of aluminium and then getting them engraved somewhere.
I might still do this one day.


Jon

Hey Jon, I used a very small fine brush (model shop) and mixed the paint with about 1/4 white spirit so that it would go on thinner. This flywheel cover is pretty good though, a more worn one would be trickier I expect!

I have thought about making one of these too, I was thinking more along the lines of chemical etching, as the lettering is very shallow, could work..?

Prop + tiller

Nice

Not as gleaming as yours, Tam!

They don't have to be gleaming to be nice . good job keep it up.