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USN 5"/54 Projectile
- Thread starter raymeketa
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pzjgr
The 5"/54 is 15 pounds heavier and 5 inches longer than the 5"/38. The lettering wasn't stenciled on the originals. It was rolled on with a rubber stamp. I applied mine using a "reverse" method - painting the white background, sticking on die cut letters and numbers, spray painting it all green, and then removing the letter and numbers.
Ray
The 5"/54 is 15 pounds heavier and 5 inches longer than the 5"/38. The lettering wasn't stenciled on the originals. It was rolled on with a rubber stamp. I applied mine using a "reverse" method - painting the white background, sticking on die cut letters and numbers, spray painting it all green, and then removing the letter and numbers.
Ray
Hello Ray, That's an outstanding job! Thanks for sharing it with us. Pat
Cool, actually that is the way I use to "re-stencil" my restorations too. I know someone on IAA posted a link to a nifty stamping set that is almost like a printers ype set, where you can position letter/number stamps in a frame, the roll your projectile over the inked stamps...but I have never picked one up, I just stick with the reverse paining....
I will see if I can find it, or at least find the thread over there and post it...
The link for the IAA is
http://iaaforum.org/forum3/index.php
Another great forum, but more SAA oriented...
ETA Here is a link to the thread on restoration there...with the stamp set info.
http://iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6048&hilit=stencilling
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HAZORD
If you Google "ribtype" it will lead you to their site and catalog. They sell everything you will need. If you plan to do more than one or two projectiles with different sizes and types of letters/number, it can get to be costly. That's why most re-storers prefer the stick on letters that you can get in most hobby stores.
Her's a bigger link but I'm not sure it still works:
www.ribtype.com/ribtypestyles
Ray
If you Google "ribtype" it will lead you to their site and catalog. They sell everything you will need. If you plan to do more than one or two projectiles with different sizes and types of letters/number, it can get to be costly. That's why most re-storers prefer the stick on letters that you can get in most hobby stores.
Her's a bigger link but I'm not sure it still works:
www.ribtype.com/ribtypestyles
Ray
stamps
when I worked in aerospace all the sheet metal was stamped with codes using rubber letter stamps made up into the codes on a ribbed holder. Font was basic and came in about 3 sizes. you need to cut bits out to make them look like stencils. Tricky to get right on conical surfaces. See my 25pr HE in classifieds thats how the red crosses were done. 2pr
when I worked in aerospace all the sheet metal was stamped with codes using rubber letter stamps made up into the codes on a ribbed holder. Font was basic and came in about 3 sizes. you need to cut bits out to make them look like stencils. Tricky to get right on conical surfaces. See my 25pr HE in classifieds thats how the red crosses were done. 2pr
