transducergeek
09-13-2009, 07:06 PM
I am in mid-project now..
But I thought I would document my repro-ject of a vintage 1962? "Lancer 66" badge as one is missing from a pair I have and I need another.
Using the original as a template and some copper 12 GA wire, and sheet copper...
I formed the near-paper thin copper around the "Exclamation Point" and cut it a bit large in order to wrap it around to make a 3-D thick copy.
Then I soldered it to a pre-bent and cut-to-length piece of 12 ga. solid copper house wire.
Which had been tested to fit well into the hole in the grille of the Lancer 66.
I will solder some little wires to simulate the wording and numerals, build it up in thickness along the wire and will paint it black later..
If anyone else needs to make one, this method seems to works well.. (If you already have one..)
From 7 or 8 feet away, I think it won't be noticed as a counterfeit.
Have fun. Rolf E.
But I thought I would document my repro-ject of a vintage 1962? "Lancer 66" badge as one is missing from a pair I have and I need another.
Using the original as a template and some copper 12 GA wire, and sheet copper...
I formed the near-paper thin copper around the "Exclamation Point" and cut it a bit large in order to wrap it around to make a 3-D thick copy.
Then I soldered it to a pre-bent and cut-to-length piece of 12 ga. solid copper house wire.
Which had been tested to fit well into the hole in the grille of the Lancer 66.
I will solder some little wires to simulate the wording and numerals, build it up in thickness along the wire and will paint it black later..
If anyone else needs to make one, this method seems to works well.. (If you already have one..)
From 7 or 8 feet away, I think it won't be noticed as a counterfeit.
Have fun. Rolf E.