well by a weird coincidence I've just put it back together again today ,its turned out rather good (well to me anyways ,just how I imagined it would) .but wont be to everyone's taste as although I went with a Mitchell colour its not your standard black or blue ,and neither is it green as it was before.I was teasing a little previously as I already had the colour in mind all along ,even when I broke the foot my anger was tinged with a little excitement as it meant I had the opportunity to rebuild it in tribute too a Mitchell i'd long admired & desired from afar ,so even in the darkest hour deep in Derbyshire every cloud as a silver linning .Or in this case where there's darkness let there be light .
I've taken my old 410 which i'd previously painted green about 5/6 years ago (I painted both my 410's green as i'd admired the green Mitchell off the Mitchell museum site) using hammered finish paint which was ok but only ok.
then disaster struck
but out of despair came opertunity to repair & repaint ,i'd flirted with a aged look
but I knew what I really wanted was a Mitchell like this ,the White Mitchell ,off the Mitchell museum site
So as I had to use a high build primer to fill in some pitted marks and scratches (that Mitchell paint doesn't come of easy) I gave it a coat of etch primer .
the plain white primer made it obvious that a bright white would look garish in natural light ,too contrasting .so I got me some crème de la crème (off white) from plastikote ,still white but a softer hue .
I gave the reel parts a couple of light coats ,as I like to colour coordinate the baffle plate & balance weights ,I painted them red (well no ones going too see them ,but i'll know) ,i'd collected some accessories to dress the reel with ,a red & black spool strip (I pinched it off my blue 410a ,& replaced it with a black/silver one) a spare red gasket/spacer from a 410a I had laying about a "s" sticker for the handle ,a plastic badge from a 311a which I cut the numbers off and painted my own 410 on ,I had a spare handle with a red grip i'd made ,but in the end I went with a original black grip to balance out the blacks ,I painted the drag adjuster in the crème colour to tie it into the body colour .I've tried to balance out the colours for a more even effect.
i'd also upgraded the drag washer in the spool to a carbontex one for a more improved drag / clutch .its just a case of swapping the white poly washer for the carbon one ,which is basically a soft carbon impregnated cloth
I fiddled with the gears a bit as I rebuilt & shimmed the reel ,as I rebuilt it I added the accessories so it would look more like the original reel ,only slightly different after all its in tribute not a copy or fake one ,just my take on it .
some pictures of the finished reel
the baffle & spool
a rear view
side view
the reel
and the reel in comparison with original
I'm rather happy with it .
I try to be funny... but sometimes I merely look it! Steve