Thread: How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration
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Old 19-03-16, 13:40
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Some small progress was made the other day. I restored the data plates for the truck. I gave the plates a light sanding with very fine emery cloth to remove some of the oxidation. Once this was done the boarders and data fields were masked off. I then gave the plates a few light sprays of flat black spray paint. I used a brand called Testors. I find it goes on very fine since its intended use is for the plastic hobby world. I left the plates to dry for a number of hours. Once dry a hobby knife with a chisle blade was used to simply remove the paint from all the raised letters.
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