Need a suitable helmet, so bought a new one off TardMe & set about aging it Used a can of 'leather brown' vinyl spray but it still looked too new, so gave it a coat of black bumper wax & a light sand to knock the gloss back a bit Now I need to make a nice pair of brass goggles, like the ones in the pic, to match UPDATE: recently found & am lovin this cool copper helmet with 'exhaust pipes?' on the interwebs,reminiscent of that greek bloke Mercury & his winged helmet! thatll ...
Got the wheels, a pair of rebuilt much modded 23"ers, back from the powder coaters today,resplendent in 'primrose' epoxy p/coat now its onto rebearing them & a visit to Pitlanes for tyre fitting Ill be using a pair of block pattern trials tyres Also, as you can see, the flywheel has been shaved of its cooling fins,as it will be an exposed 'bacon slicer' style I didnt fancy it chewing on my leg!!
Had a crack at making a suitable 12v battery container this weekend Firstly I covered one of my Lucas figlass replica brit batt boxes with leather Then got some brass tile edging from work & set about converting it into decorative scrollwork on my router table Riveted it together with 8 brass corners ,8 brass angles , a couple of hinges , a Lucas badge & some copper paint & viola, one steampunkish battery box......
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