What's the original location of the 'Norton' script
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pete.v said:
pete:
If your post was intended as a reply to mine, then I have to say ..... apples and oranges.
I think that we all would expect a bit of variance in an organic structure like a face, a leaf or a rock. but when laying out something in two dimensions.... parallel is parallel.
We could measure it out to the mm. but I guess in the end, if it looks straight, it is straight. good enough right?
Speaking of, the decal on the sidecover in your avatar looks crooked to me too. It appears to rise slightly, the exact opposite of the sidecover in the guts ad.
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Kinda funny to shun factory smudges as the honest anal car restorers go to some lenghts not to mask off areas that factory over spray occured in mass produced under coats or engine compartment. A few decades from now someone will curse those that removed factory era evidence : -) Anywwho do what ya must to live with yourself on this eye sore authentic detail only your hair dresser will know for sure.
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Mark said:This is stock ????p400 said:Nielsen said:
Maybe it's just my OCD, but both decals look crooked to me.
The tank decal appears to rise in the rear while the sidecover lettering drops in the rear.
Precisely - and in my opinion it looks horrible - but clearly original - so me thinks we protest too much !!
Id do what suited me and whose to say Im wrong.
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OK, here's the latest update. I stripped the tank, took it to the painter and he gave it a base coat and clear coat, which he rubbed down with 600 grit. I then masked the stripes and the stencils I bought from a member here (and which are fabulous), and then rather than painting the gold, used 23 karat gold leaf. I have never worked with gold leaf before and if you so much as look at it sideways it curls up, blows away, sticks to your fingers, doesn't stick where you want it to, and/or tears...... Anyway, but the time I fix up the little blemishes and have the last clear coat, it should look respectable.
OK, I've copied the image, I've copied the URL, I've tried every @#$%^& combo and can't attach a photo here when I use the IMG button. I've uploaded the photo to photobucket. What am I doing wrong.....
............ Grrrrrrrrr.....can't figure it out.
OK, I've copied the image, I've copied the URL, I've tried every @#$%^& combo and can't attach a photo here when I use the IMG button. I've uploaded the photo to photobucket. What am I doing wrong.....
............ Grrrrrrrrr.....can't figure it out.
Without using the Img button, your link should look something like this.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/ mm18/frohn-nielsen/P1090544_zpslci8cbon.jpg
It just goes between the sq brackets img and /img symbols.
(Note there is no security on photobucket albums these days,
and I added a space in the link above, so it all shows (and doesn't work).
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/ mm18/frohn-nielsen/P1090544_zpslci8cbon.jpg
It just goes between the sq brackets img and /img symbols.
(Note there is no security on photobucket albums these days,
and I added a space in the link above, so it all shows (and doesn't work).
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Put the bike on it's wheels. Have someone hold it upright. Place the tank where it goes and orient the script level. Placing it a smidge higher than center makes the tank look bigger. Get the one on the left side where you like it and then match the right side for height, level and centering on the front section.
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Mark said:This is stock ????p400 said:Nielsen said:
Maybe it's just my OCD, but both decals look crooked to me.
The tank decal appears to rise in the rear while the sidecover lettering drops in the rear.
I agree. Who's to say the guy who put it on in the factory wasn't hung over that day?
Any script aanyplace looks better than those stupid green balls N-V paid an "image consultant" £20,000 to dream up! Immediately after the green ball loga was canned, the old Norton script was resurrected as a decal. Since almost all the early batch of 1968 bikes were silver, the logo was done in black.
I'd emigrated before the bigger script and the tank lines appeared. I still suspect the decals were put on "by eye" without any location templates.
I'd emigrated before the bigger script and the tank lines appeared. I still suspect the decals were put on "by eye" without any location templates.
That's what I think too. In which case none of us would have kept our jobs as "sticker applier" back in the day,,, too anal retentive.frankdamp said:
"Sorry mate, we'll have to let you go, I know the stickers you put on the tanks and side covers are all spot on, but we really have to have a bit more than 8 per day". :roll:
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