Warren Branch

[chuffinghell]

10 hours ago, MrWolf said:

That's a relief, for a moment I thought you had been cloned by aliens...

 

Bus number plates fine. Only motorcycle number plates were different size wise to anything else.

I tried to remove the number plate from the other one using my preferred method of using microsol but it hasn’t shifted it. I’ll have to see if I can find my t-cut in the shed (now there is a task and a half)

 

Although I’m not that concerned about the number plates as I’m not going to have them side by side so I don’t think it will bother me all that much.....honest 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by chuffinghell

[Bluemonkey presents....]

what about painting a 1 in front of the 4? or making the 0 into an 8 with a little extra fine painting?

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

I tried to remove the number plate from the other one using my preferred method of using microsol but it hasn’t shifted it. I’ll have to see if I can find my t-cut in the shed (now there is a task and a half)

 

Although I’m not that concerned about the number plates as I’m not going to have them side by side so I don’t think it will bother me all that much.....honest 

 

Could you just apply the new plates on top of the old ones? perhaps black out the old numbers first to make sure they don't show through.

[chuffinghell]

12 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Could you just apply the new plates on top of the old ones? perhaps black out the old numbers first to make sure they don't show through.

 

I never thought of that 

 

22 minutes ago, Bluemonkey presents.... said:

what about painting a 1 in front of the 4? or making the 0 into an 8 with a little extra fine painting?

 

I'm afraid that is well beyond my skill level

 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

Sorted!

 

[Mick Bonwick]

Just to illustrate the effect that small quantities can have, this as an example of Austin A30/35s that shows the application of a matt finish followed by pin wash and pigments. In my estimation it is all overdone, so beware. It is easy to add a little more if absolutely necessary, but almost impossible to remove excess without having to start again.

Edited December 24, 2020 by Mick Bonwick
Photograph added.

[St Enodoc]

11 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Just to illustrate the effect that small quantities can have, this as an example of Austin A30/35s that shows the application of a matt finish followed by pin wash and pigments. In my estimation it is all overdone, so beware. It is easy to add a little more if absolutely necessary, but almost impossible to remove excess without having to start again.

Second from the left looks best to me, Mick.

[Mick Bonwick]

On 22/12/2020 at 20:41, chuffinghell said:

I’ve only stripped it because I don’t want to get varnish on the glass and I thought it would be easier than masking

 

 

 

 

Something to think about, Chris, is that it is possible to remove varnish from some glazing without damaging the latter. In this case it's irrelevant because you have added the driver and needed to dismantle anyway. The use of a wooden cocktail stick and some white spirit will remove both enamel and lacquer varnish from glazing, although I haven't tried it on acrylic varnish (and that's what you have probably used). If you think it might help then there's an explanation here:

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/21575-a-land-rover-series-1-of-indeterminate-length-step-7-windows/

 

I hope that it might be of some use.

 

 

[chuffinghell]

Will this do?

 

 

 

I’ll look at weathering once I’ve had a tidy up

[chuffinghell]

CBA to tidy up so I’ve attempted weathering, I’m hoping this isn’t too much

 

 

 

[Alister_G]

Nicely done.

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

Comparison

 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

I'd suggest some pinwash in the gaps between planks on the bodyside. They wouldn't be cleaner than the planks themselves.

 

Otherwise, don't do any more!

[chuffinghell]

18 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

I'd suggest some pinwash in the gaps between planks on the bodyside. They wouldn't be cleaner than the planks themselves.

 

Otherwise, don't do any more!

 

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[Mick Bonwick]

Cracked it!

 

[chuffinghell]

31 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Cracked it!

 

Thank you, I was concerned that I’d over done it

[lezz01]

Looking good Chris.

Regards Lez.

[chuffinghell]

To all who have been kind enough to follow and comment on my thread

 

 

Chris

[lezz01]

Too you too Chris.

Regards Lez.

[St Enodoc]

8 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

Will this do?

 

 

 

I’ll look at weathering once I’ve had a tidy up

Indeed it will - and your replacement plates have the correct typeface (can't remember what it's called - "Mandatory" is the more modern version). Makes a huge difference to my eyes.

[chuffinghell]

From my stepdaughter 

 

 

From Sarah 

 

 

I think there’s a bit of a theme

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

3 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I think there’s a bit of a theme

 

One to be cultivated.

[MrWolf]

We went for a healthy post pig out walk. (Due to covid restrictions, it wasn't through the woods to Grandma's house...)

Saw this and thought of you.

 

 

The opposite bank is less well tended.

 

[chuffinghell]

On 24/12/2020 at 16:12, chuffinghell said:

 

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I thought the black pinwash was too dark so I washed it off and did it again but with sepia instead which I think is more subtle

 

 

I had to do something whilst Sarah was watching Coronation Street 

[57xx]

The satin finish looks just right. Hints at a gloss finish underneath, coated with a light layer of traffic film. The sepia is also good, pure black is too harsh for most things IMO. There's a reason people like Games workshop do a multitude of different colours of washes.