1 st "scrap sculpture"

[rosinante]

Hi ALL ,Thanks for replies, Wallace the no plates all look fantastic, you are a clever chap, how can I pay you for them< and where to send the payment to?

Again thanks ,this forum is the place!,

cheers
chris

 

[Wallace]

Unfortunately I have not quite been able to produce the plate as I wanted so far with raised letters and outer edge as I do not have a cutter small enough, I tried re-grinding an old one but it didn't work. When do you need the plate by?

Mike

 

[rosinante]

Unfortunately I have not quite been able to produce the plate as I wanted so far with raised letters and outer edge as I do not have a cutter small enough, I tried re-grinding an old one but it didn't work. When do you need the plate by?

Mike

Hi, Mike , his birthday isnt until late July so anytime in the next 4 weeks or so,thanks again,although the ones you have done look good,
Cheers
Chris

 

[Wallace]

Ok, plenty of time for me to experiment then. I left this one running on the machine to produce a raised edge then finished the outer edges by hand, what I'm after is getting the letters raised too without reducing their width. I cannot seem to get a uniform finish on the engraved letters and it looks even worse in the photo.

 

[rosinante]

Hi Again , that looks the business!! I dont see how you could improve it!
thanks
Chris

 

[Wallace]

Hi Again , that looks the business!! I dont see how you could improve it!
thanks
Chris

With nice letters that sit proud of the black surface!

 

[Wallace]

Found a fine point cutter that will produce the raised letters with bevelled edges to simulate cast letters rivetted on. The fonts vary slightly in width so cannot get the letters spot on although I'm quite pleased with the way they have come out, much better than the engraved letters on the left hand one. Just some paint issues to overcome as this was done with a spray can and is quite thick, might need to airbrush the black on.

Mike

 

[RonMig]

Excellent model !

Exquisite plates !

but - is it only me who would be Extremely worried about welding these into place?

 

[rosinante]

Excellent model !

Exquisite plates !

but - is it only me who would be Extremely worried about welding these into place?

Hi Mike ,the plate is indeed exquisite, i have "found" a small pump component that i will weld to the rear mudguard and epoxy the plate to that, again thank you for your interest and work on this plate,my brother in law will be emotional over this,
Chris

Found a fine point cutter that will produce the raised letters with bevelled edges to simulate cast letters rivetted on. The fonts vary slightly in width so cannot get the letters spot on although I'm quite pleased with the way they have come out, much better than the engraved letters on the left hand one. Just some paint issues to overcome as this was done with a spray can and is quite thick, might need to airbrush the black on.

Mike

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[Wallace]

Hi Chris, managed to get some time this morning to start on another plate and left it running on & off through the day and I'm happy with this one. Again, the camera picks up every blemish if you look close but in the flesh it looks good.

Mike

 

[rosinante]

Hi Mike ,Again thank you for your time and talent on this, the no plate is awesome, I have literally just got back from a fishing trip and to make a good day even better this was waiting for me! Now we must sort out some means of payment. I will pm you my home address and no,I am impressed sir!
Cheers
Chris

 

[chunkolini]

Amazing work.

 

[Wallace]

Amazing work.

Thank you, high praise indeed.

 

[captain-destructo]

You should have put a rule in the pic to give an idea of scale.

or a builders mug

sorry couldnt resist

 

[rosinante]

Hi All , Well its finished, with the addition of Wallaces superb number plate and a couple of bits of wood,thanks for all your kind comments,
Cheers
Chris

 

[Wallace]

Looks really good, an imaginative use of parts. From that angle the tank, clocks and handlebars look a bit like a robot dog! K9 from Dr.Who?

 

[rosinante]

Hi Wallace , you are right, looks like 1 floppy ear! Might be an idea for next attempt,
Cheers
Chris

 

[rosinante]

Hi,
Well my brother in law is now 60 and is chuffed with the bike and very impressed with wallaces no plate, again thanks to all for kind comments,
Cheers
Chris

 

[Wallace]

 

[julianthegypsy]

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Had a bit of a play, I think the font is pretty close. The left two have letters engraved into painted sheet, the right one is engraved to leave the letters proud then filled with paint but the cutter needs to be smaller as the letter width has reduced and there is hardly any paint depth. It would come out great full-size!

I love the one on the right, it looks perfect!