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Quite the paperweight there Gary, Would it be sacrilegious to restamp the numbers before sandblasting and painting?
How about gluing a thin piece of metal over the original markings, then de-rusting either chemically or by blasting, then remove the 'patches' and do the areas around the stampings by hand
That it does Terry! Nice acquisition though Gary, looking forward to seeing it in place...
This is what I wished for when I was a child. Closest I got was sitting in a big cardboard box
@ B29WereWolf, Dude, thanks for the thought's about using Walnuts. There's something I haven't thought about for a long time !. I don't know any-one local who uses such a system of cleaning, on my armor plate, but it's something I'll have a look into
Mate, if you've sat in a cardboard box, you are halfway there !. Not only can I help you, but also a load of other really talented guys on this very site, can, and will help you to move from sitting in a box, to using carboard boxes as templates for marking out in aluminum.
You do not have to be a skilled or trained engineer ...I am far from skilled, trust me !
And before you know it, you'll have your own readily identified Warbird sat in your bedroom / living room / workshop / garage. Its a very powerful thing indeed, to walk out to wherever you are building and see a Warbird sat ready and waiting for you to either do some more work on her, or even better, climb in and use your imagination to take you on a wonderful experienece. Trust us, it's well worth it !. And above all else, remember that you alone have made her, And that is a feeling that absolutely no-one can ever take away from you.... beats going down the pub or to a footie match , hands down, any day of the week !!!!