see if you can get a look at an origonal set of markings, o0nes in books are always neat, ones on shell can be pretty poor, so long as they were legible it was good enough and methods changed with time and country. Note stencils have bars joining the inner to outer of the letter, stamps dont drawings dont but maybe should have. But practice whatever you decide on a piece of pipe about the right size or a ''spare'' shell.
Well stated 2pdr!
In the end of the day, ordnance had only one purpose in life, so you are not going to find original painted projectiles with Michelangelo's artwork on them are we now?
I picked up the following yesterday - a Bofor's shipping container and a No 199, 1943 dated fuse cover(s).
Note the quality of the stenciling on both, especially the shipping container - as 2pdr mentioned - legible enough to read clearly, but I wouldn't say any delicated time spent on it - you can see there's a number of examples where the paint had run under the stenciling.................
In the old days, a company called "Letroset" produced a catalog of different font sizes and styles, good enough IMO to stencil onto projectiles and produced an A+ result without messing with paint. I believe they still exits, although the product line may have been reduced down.
I spent too many years trying to restore projectiles and cases................I would prefer to spend the extra money, buy a better quality example, and free up my precise time these days!
Perhaps that's why I just collect fuzes now....................................:tinysmile_twink_t2:
Cheers
Drew