I will never understand why people do what they do to thier machines. Spraying a BG like that just kills it. How does it look lit up?? Sometimes, and i mean SOMETIMES you can ;lift this off. Most people when they do this kind of stuff just go straight in and spray away, spraying over dirt etc. But this also means that the paint will not adhere properly and with a straight edged razor blade at the right angle you can sometimes just scrape this away by passing the razors edge between the red and the grey diffusion paint - always worth a go!

As for the PF - how good are your artist skills???

If you can get it to look symmetrical again with new work, then it will look 100 X better than it does now.

Nothing to lose here - time to sharpen up those PF restoration skills.

Do you have an airbrush??

You can hand cut clear contact sheet and use this as a template where needed.
 Buy yourself a VERY good soft brush - dont scrimp on this, what you spend on a brush will show results.
Lay down the white and brown etc, then right at the end go in and do the black lines that define the work.
 I shave down a brush with a razor blade for this to give a bulb with a very pointy tip - practise on something else so you know what angle to go in at and how much paint your brush will handle.

When you do it, rest your painting hand on the PF with your other hand on top of it to minimise shake and dragging your hand on the PF work towards your body. Youll need to be able to access the PF from all angles.

If you pull your sleeve up over the painting hand this will stop any drag on the PF and allow you smooth action.

Never work your brush back and forth - always in one direction, this goes for using a pen also - you will NEVER be able to go back over a line exactly this way.
Where possible use a compass etc etc etc ( put something over the needle point to prevent digging the PF).

Sorry - didnt mean to prattle on, but id LOVE to get my hands on this PF and repaint it. My eyes would light up if i were buying this from someone...


... But im happy to give tips ive learnt - best of luck... look forward to the thread!

Thanks heaps some good tips definitely worth considering there! I've been involved with pinnies for the best part of 20 years, and restoring for only about 5 years so i'm by no means an expert, especially at PF/ BG restoring so i'll take any tips on board that are offered.

The BG looks fairly bad lit up. The sprayed on red paint is only lightly sprayed on, so its still fairly see through. I'm pretty sure i'll be able to get the worst of the red paint off. It'll never be perfect but i've seen worse and made them look "decent", so i should be able to do the same for this one.

My artist skills??? average i would say  . I've already scanned the worn area into my pc (from the second PF) and cleaned up and colour matched the art. So i now have that to go off. i was planning to make an adhesive decal of the art, but i might try repainting the art yet.. I'm about to disassemble the PF soon and make a start so we'll soon find out my artistic talents are hey?? Will post more pics when i get some work done on it...

Thanks again for the tips