mellons Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Fiddy Reloaded! This one started some time ago (twice)- I sold on a case set I had assembled over some time a while back and almost instantly regretted it; then spent the past few months trying to assemble the same parts again! The case set had all THE old school goodness- necky modded case (reshaped), solid plexi, oakabum cg and tube etc. After I got the oakabum engraved CG this time round I decided to go a bit more decorative on this one- engraved display back etc. The ingredients for this one are as follows: reshaped old jackson case drilled to accept crown tube and compression-fit lug bars Necky engraved lugs Necky cg mod (with larger screws) Oakabum brev-ital cg Oakabum spring-loaded crown and brass tube Necky solid plexi Nightwatch brass movement ring Nightwatch OPB Engraved caseback with dome plexi Southy 4 liner with secs River aged hands swiss undecorated 6497 with high cp Shown is a progress shot of case with cg- Necky's engraving work is so nice and today being sunny (does not happen often) I thought I might be able to capture the subtle lug engravings with my point-and-shoot. The necky cg screw mod is just awesome: this should be a rule of any fiddy build to send off and get case tapped for proper cg screws! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 here it is with caseback on beside a reshaped athaya 6154 case set- the 6154 doesn't look soo thick after all! final shot is beside another vintage fiddy but with a solid caseback.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 mock-up with southy 4 liner and river hands lightly aged (excuse iphone pics) new eta ticking nicely and keeping great time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 slowly taking shape.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetypal Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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