etc monarch and original comparison

[Silver Surfer]

just for the hell of it, I decided to take a coupla pix of my elc monarch a-2 [1 year old]and my original monarch a-2 [[80 years old]. no real commentary other that elc does a damn good job of getting most of the details right. I blacked the zipper teeth on my elc as per originals, and painted the zipper puller and stopper box brown as per originals.

 

[mulceber]

Such nice jackets - ELC did a particularly good job nailing the collar shape. Also, how did you go about blackening/browning the zipper? That's been one of the things nagging at me since I've started looking at Monarch repros.

 

[B-Man2]

This is one contract that ELC did a nice job reproducing . As Vic said, there are some small areas that are missing from the original WWII Monarch, but overall it’s a beauty of a repro A2 .

 

[Silver Surfer]

gun bluing [multible passes] for the teeth, and rustoleum enamel gloss leather brown, with a slight bit of black for the stopper and puller. two coats does the trick.

 

[ausreenactor]

just for the hell of it, I decided to take a coupla pix of my elc monarch a-2 [1 year old]and my original monarch a-2 [[80 years old]. no real commentary other that elc does a damn good job of getting most of the details right. I blacked the zipper teeth on my elc as per originals, and painted the zipper puller and stopper box brown as per originals.View attachment 56188View attachment 56189View attachment 56190View attachment 56191View attachment 56187

Your newer ELC looks a lot lighter than 'our' Monarch.... possibly due to a lot of wear.....

Thanks for sharing them!

 

[missonnier]

Hi,
my Monarch, size 38 without paint zipper

 

[ausreenactor]

View attachment 56205Hi,
my Monarch, size 38 without paint zipper

This is an original? My ELC Monarch has a colour closer to your jacket..

 

[Nickb123]

I notice the ELC has the standard non-elongated size tag.

 

[bazzer]

Very nice
Baz