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Well it's just fantastic and yes I'll definitely be using it, I will however need someone to give me an idea who to use for printing and what exactly to ask for when seeking to get it printed, though I won't be doing that until the other part is done and I'm very happy to wait two weeks. You enjoy y...

I'd like to add I'm grateful either way, I've had the machine 10 years and it's stood in the corner most of that time with me wondering if I'd ever get it finished and within days of finding this site things are happening. Thanks to this forum, for all the input, the good work and what I've seen so ...

Bloody Hell it's looking amazing and you did the coin (which looks miles better even though you said you weren't doing it) - it's better than factory finish.

Crikey I didn't realise how long it took, I'm working on my car at the moment and getting nowhere, which is such a waste of time. The green is perfect though now I've seen it, they've all got to be green now, sorry. As for the colour where it was white before and now off white, I'm not really sure a...

Green shamrocks are great, seeing as I seem to be making this my own and you're not happy with the chrome, can we then make the borders black, the shamrocks green and the threepenny bit gold on a white background (it was white anyway) but threepenny bits were never white in reality. I'm just not sur...

Sounds interesting and worth googling to find out more, many thanks.

coppinpr wrote:is this the red you want?

Yes that red is excellent, thanks.

I'm very happy to hear what others think, the shamrocks would probably look good in bright green.

I still think the other stars might be a black degrading into chrome. Honestly, I've now stood staring at these for far too long and there is a clear difference between the black (which hasn't degraded) to the parts that I think are chrome and have degraded. I wish you could see them close. I'll go...

I have to ask, what is the other machine in your photo? ... If it turns out to be a gas meter mounted on a sewing machine treadle with a hat stretcher on the top, I shall immediately award myself ten points and have an early night. Lol , you sort of got only one part partly right. Firstly you misse...

Ive made a start on the top glass... That's looking great. I've gone and looked again and taken another photo and you can clearly see (though not so much on this image) my fingers and the lens of camera reflecting in the chrome. However, as you said, I do now believe the bottom 2 stars are black, a...

I can't see a lower light tube but surely there's enough light cast down from the upper one to light the lower panel? There are two light tubes, though not fitted back on the machine yet. The chrome mirror plastic idea is to be seen through the new decal through to the outside / front of the glass ...

The only solution I can think of for the "chrome" or mirror parts of the graphics would be to leave them white (to print as transparent on the decal) and then cut out and apply the shapes in mirror plastic behind the decal, with a small overlap hidden by the print outline on the decal. Th...

coppinpr wrote:...are you sure the bits were chrome and not black that has oxidised?

Yes, they definitely look like chrome as the black areas look different both on the front and rear.

Clean the outside, scan if you can, photo if you can't. Here's a better couple of photos, I hope they are good enough. Now cleaned they are really bright colours. On the oblong one, the 3 Shamrocks, the star and the border around the threepenny bit where (or should be chrome finish). On the squaris...

In this instance I'd say the art is far too deteriorated to bother trying to restore and use the original. Yep, it does look like it's too far gone, especially with what you say about the bleeding. I'm going to go for the replacement decals instead. Thanks for the advice. Here's the machine as aske...

The important thing is to get some good images of the graphics first, then you can try saving the original without fear of a total loss. Having now read the next comments, I reckon I'll just go straight for replacement decals. You'll soon get the hang of it... I think I might be getting better at t...

Thank you for the replies and advice. Can I ask what you would apply to the back if it was possible? I'm not good on these forums so don't know how to reply individually let alone see who I'm writing to. I don't have a scanner but can take much better photos than I posted, though I don't know how to...

Where do you get long thin springs like that from? As I need one like that but longer for something else I am working on and can't locate any.
Thanks Mick

Hi, brand new here, I only wish I'd discovered this site years ago, anyhow after many hours of reading on here and not finding the exact answer I need I hope someone can help me. I've had a Bell Fruit bandit in the state of restoration now for over 10 years now, well really I've only restored it for...