Nanuq Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 People asked for some more photos, here are a few more REALLY nasty quick ones. Sorry for the quality! Randy, do you remember the discussion we had a year ago about the different styles of Triplock crowns? This is what I was talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arminvanbuuren Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 People asked for some more photos, here are a few more REALLY nasty quick ones. Sorry for the quality! Randy, do you remember the discussion we had a year ago about the different styles of Triplock crowns? This is what I was talking about. omg pardon my ignorance... i thought thats a painting :S until u said photos.. but anyway nice watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 People asked for some more photos, here are a few more REALLY nasty quick ones. Sorry for the quality! Now that I can see the dial more closely, I see that the black paint has a slight texture, which is missing from most rep dials (including my WM/MBW). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Is there a way to add that texture to an MBW dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 People asked for some more photos, here are a few more REALLY nasty quick ones. Sorry for the quality! If I ever go to Alaska, I go armed with all my camera kit. This beauty needs lots of photos for us modders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 (edited) Is there a way to add that texture to an MBW dial? It's easy to do, with a few coats of clear matte varnish. (But don't expect results like above...) Edited May 29, 2007 by avitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Thanks, Avitt. How close (to Nanuq's gen dial) does a few coats of varnish get you? Do you have any close-up photos of a varnished dial? Or, better yet, a comparison photo of a gen next to a varnished rep dial? I know that Ziggy varnishes some of his dials, but I do not think I have ever seen the same texture (as the gen) on any of his dials. The aftermarket dials that PolexPete and I got have a very gen-like texture. This is one of the reasons I bought one even though I knew it had some serious problems. This was the first aftermarket dial I have found that had that texture and (mostly) gen-like printing. If I can find a way to widen the bottom of the crown and 6 & 9 index markers, I would swap it out for my MBW dial in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Freddy, here's the dial that I showed you earlier (the one that I relumed with Revell paint), after about 4-5 coats of varnish. The pic is lit from an extreme angle. I think that 2 coats would probably suffice to just add texture. ...Now, unfortunately, the varnish reacted with the lume paint, and turned it very yellow (but you can see that the rest of the print on the dial remained white). Sorry to hijack your thread, Nanuq...but you knew you that your pictures would spawn several sub-topics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Freddy, here's the dial that I showed you earlier (the one that I relumed with Revell paint), after about 4-5 coats of varnish. The pic is lit from an extreme angle. I think that 2 coats would probably suffice to just add texture. ...Now, unfortunately, the varnish reacted with the lume paint, and turned it very yellow (but you can see that the rest of the print on the dial remained white). Thanks Avitt. Varnish, huh? I will have to try that. By the way, is that your original MBW dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 No worries! The more the merrier. Here's what gloppy tinted varnish will do to a dial/hands........... Looks a bit too shiny, but the texture of the dial looks about right. Thanks Nanuq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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