Godzilla Featherweight????
Saw this on Ebay today, how rare are they??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BROW...item3ccce945b3 |
Very interesting to say the least. The only crinkle finish Featherweights were black and military issue.
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it looks like a repaint to me honestly... i didnt really know they put decals on the crinkle finishes?? except for the logo? i could be wrong. im no expert. But seeing as the chips clearly show black and then the metal... it looks repainted. id imagine a professionally painted one in the factory would have been stripped and then painted?
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I'd guess a repaint too. The only ones I've seen pictures of were black crinkle and I 'm sure that they didn't have decals. The Singer plate on the light looks to have come from something else.
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It's a repaint...but if you see a BLACK crinkle for a good price, buy it! They're kinda like hen's teeth! :)
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So agree repaint!
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I think e1 is right, it's a repaint, kind of a weird finish though. Charlee, there are no crinkles in this part of the country!
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Why Godzilla? It looks more like a puppy!
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I saw that too! He says it may or may not be a repaint. But how would you get a crinkle finish in repaint??? Wouldn't the finish of the metal give you the crinkly surface???
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That looks like a repaint. Mine has grooves around the edge, no decal like on this one. Also, black is the only color I've seen.
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A real crinkle FW has grooves in the bed as the decoration and no decals. The face place is shaped like the tan and white FWs. The one on Ebay is a repaint
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Screams repaint! If I was going to paint one, I sure wouldn't have chosen this color or finish. I think somebody got ripped off!
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Originally Posted by KyKaren1949
(Post 5704829)
I saw that too! He says it may or may not be a repaint. But how would you get a crinkle finish in repaint??? Wouldn't the finish of the metal give you the crinkly surface???
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I am agreeing that it is a repaint. According to Nancy Johnson-Strebo's book, Featherweight 221-The Perfect Portable it is possible to repaint a featherweight with special crinkle finish paint available from auto and machinery suppliers and apply decals in the appropriate places. She does mention that a genuine black crinkle machine will have two sets of parallel grooves on the bed and arm extension always be a series AF machine and be a Model 221 SV 1. If you love Featherweights, you must have her book.
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So thanking you all for this information. I saw that one also. Too bad for someone. I think the price is now over $300.
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:eek: It sold for $432.96 + shipping of $36.29. Obviously the bidders did not do their homework. Crazy
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Another "come on, man" moments!
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Originally Posted by Charlee
(Post 5705347)
The crinkle is in the paint, not the metal surface. :) Not quite sure how they do it tho...
Apparently it has a certain amount of Tung oil mixed into the paint which allows the outer and inner layers of paint to dry at different rates causing the wrinkle... hmmm who knew... |
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