The other thread of Sonnys, made me think I should have put these here...
I made some transfers a month ago- a friend has an Alps MD-5500 printer and cartridges, and he can print white-that's the only way to get decent colours, he said-put white down first, then put the paper back in, switch the cartridges, and rerun the file for every colour you want over the waterslide paper.
I needed a duplicate of a very fine antique scroll, and in metallic silver- six of them.
I painted the scroll once, scanned it, vectorised it & tidied it a bit, and he printed it from Corel on thr Alps printer.
The following pictures show the process, and applying it to the old buggy which we were 'doing up' for a client.
Ordinarily, I'd hand-paint scrolls like these, but painting fine things in metallic silver isn't my forte, compared with finer enamel paints. The rest of the lines - black broad lones, slime green edged fine lines, and ochre fatter fine lines, were hand painted.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
We call it an Abbott buggy, here (on a Concord 3-reach undercarriage). They were characteristically always painted green, for some reason I have not yet fugured out.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Here's the rest of it...in progress. We just have to do the upholstery still...
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
And the 'before' photo again. Somewhere I have a pic of it on wheels, before we started but I can't find it at the moment...
[ April 05, 2013, 06:20 AM: Message edited by: Ian Stewart-Koster ]
Posted by Cal Trauter (Member # 10938) on :
Super, thanks for sharing. Love it. Cheers, Cal.
Posted by Pat Welter (Member # 785) on :
Ian thats fantastic...You are a talented craftsmen...
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Lookin' good, as usual, Ian!!!
Beautiful work!
Did you do all the restoration work too, or just the paint?
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
Wow!
I love the fact that this work keeps two heritages alive.....#1 the carts and #2 the hand painting.
Thanks for sharing.
Joe,
Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Thanks Folks.
Dale, we do whatever's wanted- sometimes build them enturely brand new, sometimes just the striping, sometimes just the final coat of paint, then striping, and sometimes some repairs as well.
The hard part is making money from it. The more woir you do, the longer it takes and the easier it is to underestimate time and materials.
Also, if we have to do wheel repairs, the supply of decent seasoned dry quality timber is difficult. I mean we have lots here, put away over the years for that purpose, but getitng people to pay what it is worth is another matter. These days the timber available in the mills and stores is mostly totally junk, as well as being wet or green.
So, we tend to do whatever's needed, within the client's budget...to a degree. I usually avoid doing wheel repairs, because if word gets out that you do fix wheels, then you'll get everyone with an old rotten wheel that used to belong to great grandfather, turning up wanting it fixed 'for the love of it'.
I do have an old waggon here I want to fix for ourselves, that has back wheels of 6 ft diameter, and a 4-1/2" x 1" steel tyre. ALL wheels need rebuilding, including 3 new hubs. That will happen one day. I have new (old long dead tree-trunk) timber put away to turn down for the hubs-16" diameter. When I get a spare moment... (ha ha! )
Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
Amazing
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
great work and interesting.
Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 7751) on :
Fantastic work!!
Posted by Sam Staffan (Member # 4552) on :
Always look forward to seeing another wagon done. Beautiful.
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Top shelf in my book!
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
You are full of letterhead spirit! Everything done by hand, what a winner!
Ian I was wondering if you are working in your shop with these carriages or up at the old wool shed?
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