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Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:37 pm
by LeeDobson
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:24 pm
by EricW
Nice job Lee. How did you get on with matching the paint?
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:31 pm
by Duckett
I’m seriously impressed with the lettering Lee. I’m an N Gauge railway modeller (1:160 version) and I wouldn’t have attempted that, or got it looking so good!
Phil
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:56 pm
by LeeDobson
Cheers lads, the colour I just eyeball matched to what I'd seen on other Grice & Young reels online, painting the lettering is much easier than it looks, you just paint all over the whole text area then wipe it back off, leaving the lettering
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:00 am
by Crucian
That looks very nice, well done.
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:48 am
by Wallys-Cast
A lovely job Lee. I always thought the D'argent was silver and the D'ore was gold but it could be taken as gold for top quality and silver for second. There seems to be a difference in the hole patterns but everything else looks the same. Both models use two different type of line pillars.
Very nice reels to use and well thought out.
I sprayed a couple with Hammerite. The gold is too gold if you get my meaning but the silver looks great.
Your lettering looks superb, I use tyre lettering pencil, same method, fill it up then wipe off the excess. Results are similar but yours definitely look better.
Wal.
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:07 am
by Cat
Lovely job...well done. I have an early d'Or in silver...the one with the sticker on the back (well, it's an early one). Nice reels to use (although I did have a complaint from another angler once about the noise from the rachet)! Regards Cat
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:52 pm
by Wallys-Cast
Cat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:07 am
Lovely job...well done. I have an early d'Or in silver...the one with the sticker on the back (well, it's an early one). Nice reels to use (although I did have a complaint from another angler once about the noise from the rachet)! Regards Cat
Probably just upset because you were catching and he wasn"t
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:15 pm
by Cat
Wal, you are indeed correct...it was last season, a good day for tench on prawn as I remember. After fist fish, followed by complaint, I uttered 'Ooh! Another tench' another three times.
Re: Stripped Gypsy D'or ( D'Argent ? )
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:16 pm
by Cat
...Gypsy d'or combined with a Sharpe's Avon.