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Whatsit

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This is my thinking as of this point. It’s just a very cheep 80’s Orange tag cooper. Figured if I screw it up bad I’m not out too much.
 

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Grant

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Call me a freak, but I prefer anything painted on my repro jackets to be done using old school enamel sign paint as they might have done during the war. Here's my pop's 13th BS Oscar painted directly on the jacket by Jerome. It's started to chip and yellow with time and wear, but that's what I dig about it.

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Whatsit

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Here’s a picture of my wife wearing the test jacket and the printout of what I’m putting on the jacket. I may not put the yellow behind porky.
 

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B-Man2

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This is a talented group of people, no doubt about it. I really get a chuckle when some people say “oh there’s nothing to it”. To me this kind of stuff is right up the with trigonometry and calculus.:confused:
 

Whatsit

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Still need to do some touch ups but here you go. I used full enamel paint on this.
 

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Whatsit

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Thanks!
Well I am hooked as you more then likely know from here. I want to buy an raf B3 replica next then going for an Eastman A-2. I’m not sure I will be painting much more after this. My daughter wants me to paint something on her jacket and then I might paint something on my wallet and phone case. I really like it so not sure. Any suggestions?
 
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