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Colour on chrome badges?
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:16 pm
by Axolotl
Should the "rough" background on the chrome bonnet crest "M" and the "Bull motif" (I Can't believe I said that), on the front of the bonnet be coloured?
This is a 1971 Traveller.
Were they coloured ex-works, or is that just an affectation by some owners?
If they should be coloured, what are the correct colours?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:41 am
by RogerRust
The majo suppliers show them like this,
The M flash bonnet handle is supplied plain, but my original has a coloured insert clipped in. So I guess it was coloured originally.
As to the colours I matched them off the photo with my dughters acrillic paints and the lacquered them to make them water proof.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:45 am
by HarryMango
Please refer to this thread on useful tips from a few years back.
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... highlight=
It is an excellent match for the sparkly finish of the original enamel badges from the earlier models.
Rog
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:58 am
by dunketh
I painted my 'M' flash using a car touch-up pen. Colour was Ford Rosso Red as I had one lying around from an old Ford I owned.
Any overpaint can be scratched off with a fingernail so don't worry too much about neatness.
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:27 am
by chickenjohn
I bought a couple of small pots of "Plasticote" enamel - looks good and still on a year later. Will check on the colours later.
colour
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:48 pm
by Willie
You can get a very satisfactory effect with nail varnish!
Re: colour
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:43 pm
by HarryMango
Willie wrote:You can get a very satisfactory effect with nail varnish!
I can here an echo (echo echo)
Rog
echo
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:25 pm
by Willie
If you are referring to the link, I didn't look at it!