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Series A Petrol Tank -Painting and Lining
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 112382" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>I have studied this subject quite a bit on account of the series "A" Comet I have been restoring over the last couple of years. Some points of interest..........The earlier tanks seemed to have the "D" panels on the sides were slimmer and longer than the later bikes. Also on most all of these prewar bikes the panel is not symmetrical top to bottom, that is the arch at the rear is not the same as the arch at the front of the "D" with the top line generally slightly longer than the lower line in length. On the singles the lines also tapered slightly towards the rear of the tank and they often disappeared under the knee pads, they were probably too long. The twins seem different on account of the tank being larger.........The pin striping on most restored bikes is too wide, most look to be about 1/4" I think this is too wide, they should be about 3/16 ths at most, about the width of a match head. On the picture second from the bottom above, the shape and dimensions look good but again the pin striping is too wide, the larger picture 4th up from the bottom looks very good, see how the top line of the "D" is slightly longer at the top. Tanks that are painted with the "D" symmetrical look wrong, and doing it this way allows for the compound curve of the tank sides. The side pin stripe should be about 10 to 12 mm down from the edge of the soldered on cover molding, again this stripe no wider than 3/16". Of course if possible you should use the correct gold and black only decals, these are available from Neal Videan here in Australia if you are looking for some. It is a good idea to make templates from cardboard and use these to mark out your lines on the sides of the tank, I even tape a HRD decal to it to get everything spot on........If you leave this detail to your painter, they will never go to the detail that you really need, so do some prep yourself, it will pay off once it is done. Good luck with it all............. Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 112382, member: 597"] I have studied this subject quite a bit on account of the series "A" Comet I have been restoring over the last couple of years. Some points of interest..........The earlier tanks seemed to have the "D" panels on the sides were slimmer and longer than the later bikes. Also on most all of these prewar bikes the panel is not symmetrical top to bottom, that is the arch at the rear is not the same as the arch at the front of the "D" with the top line generally slightly longer than the lower line in length. On the singles the lines also tapered slightly towards the rear of the tank and they often disappeared under the knee pads, they were probably too long. The twins seem different on account of the tank being larger.........The pin striping on most restored bikes is too wide, most look to be about 1/4" I think this is too wide, they should be about 3/16 ths at most, about the width of a match head. On the picture second from the bottom above, the shape and dimensions look good but again the pin striping is too wide, the larger picture 4th up from the bottom looks very good, see how the top line of the "D" is slightly longer at the top. Tanks that are painted with the "D" symmetrical look wrong, and doing it this way allows for the compound curve of the tank sides. The side pin stripe should be about 10 to 12 mm down from the edge of the soldered on cover molding, again this stripe no wider than 3/16". Of course if possible you should use the correct gold and black only decals, these are available from Neal Videan here in Australia if you are looking for some. It is a good idea to make templates from cardboard and use these to mark out your lines on the sides of the tank, I even tape a HRD decal to it to get everything spot on........If you leave this detail to your painter, they will never go to the detail that you really need, so do some prep yourself, it will pay off once it is done. Good luck with it all............. Greg. [/QUOTE]
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