[SEL] original paint

[Russell Gilbert]

>  you can't replace an original finish and
>decal.  You might be seriously reducing the value of your rare machine by
>repainting.
>
>Arnie Fero
>Pittsburgh, PA
>fero_ah at city-net.com

Hi Arnie and others, reading this just reminded me of a conversation 
I had with Tom Lingard (the new hornsby reg guy) about his recent 
trip to the Uk, He was talking about some amazing paint finishes that 
he has seen were the owners have actually re-painted the whole engine 
to resemble an original "WORKING CLOTHES' look.  Tom said that if he 
was not told that had been repainted he would never had known it not 
to be a top class example of an original as is engine.  I will try 
and follow this up over the weekend as he was going to send a couple 
of pics to me showing the engines in question.  Could be a good 
project for the game on an engine that really needs a paint job. 
Can't be that hard can it??? I often see new furniture with the 
antique look. Even my sister can do it and she's a girl!! ..... :-)

cheers, Russell




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Russell Gilbert
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