The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] 6-18-2008 Update on Logos
Tom, I am just home from the first summer outing in the silver streak, your e mail bounced. Count me in.... ----- Original Message ----- > Hi folks, > > Here is the latest update..... > > First, here is who I have as responding. PLEASE check your name and > quantity. > It has been busy around here, and sadly, I do make errors. > Patti Glover 2 > Eddie Huffstetter 5 > Ronda Jones 2 > LaDona Gooch 2 > Bruce Bauer 2 > Bev Harris 2 > David Unthank 4 > Thomas Williams 2 > Jo Blackmore 2 > Marvin Sanders 2 > Dave & Sherylyn 2 > Scott Holden 2 > Jason Parks 2 > > > Now, several people have not reconfirmed, or if they have, the spam filter > ate > their replies.... > Bob Greene 1 > Gary Huckaby 2 > Mary & Larry 2 > Richard Clossen 2 > Mark & Rosie Alberti > 2 > > > I still haven't placed the order, but will be doing so tomorrow, which > gives > those who have not yet reconfirmed a chance to still do so. If I don't > hear > from them, then their logos will not be ordered. > > Jason has not responded with an order, but I am sending him a pair of > logos in > return for his providing a sample to be used in the casting. > > Meanwhile, here is a little more information. You saw the picture that I > used > as an example. It was at > http://208.109.117.138/Silverstreak/MHonArc/2008_06/SSlogo.jpg. It turned > out > to be a little different because it did not have the star dotting the i on > the > logo. I now have a picture of the sample Jason sent, sitting on the board > which will be used for the casting. It is at > http://208.109.117.138/Silverstreak/MHonArc/2008_06/ss.jpg. The color is > just > as Jason sent it to me, i.e., painted white with some other color showing > through. Note the holes. The same holes will appear on the cast logos. > They > will be in exactly the same spacing as on this sample. > > Now, I mentioned that the final product will be unpainted. It will look > something like this picture of an unpainted cast aluminum Streamline logo > at > http://208.109.117.138/Silverstreak/MHonArc/2008_06/sl.jpg. When you have > it > painted, it will look a lot better. Here is a current picture of the same > kind of logo on my Streamline trailer at > http://208.109.117.138/Silverstreak/MHonArc/2008_06/sl-final.jpg. I > painted > that logo four or five years ago and it has held up will. The > discoloration > you see is not as a result of fading, it is just a little dirty. As I > mentioned in my earlier message, I used some model shop paint, and I would > recommend that you use something like that - at least a paint that will > stand > up to the wind and conditions going down the road. > > What I will mention is that I used Olympic rivets to fasten the logo to > the > trailer. These are a type of pop rivet with a shavable head which, when > shaved ends up looking almost the same as a bucked rivet from the factory. > Compare the rivets on the logo in the picture to the rivets joining the > aluminum to the ribs on the trailer and you can see what I mean. If you > have > access to this type of rivet, and a shaver, I would recommend that you go > this > route. If necessary, I suggest you try to borrow such a shaver. > > One question I received was whether the logos would be flat or curved. > They > will be flat, just as you see the sample sitting on the board. Matter of > fact, before I took the picture the folks at the casting company had a > weight > sitting on top of the sample, helping to flatten it. They will end up > tacking > the sample to the board to ensure it is flat. > > I will not be doing any other logos but the Silver Streak one just now. > If > all goes well, we can look at doing Sabre and others later. > > The price will be around $26.50 per logo plus shipping. I still don't > have a > shipping cost, but will get that tomorrow. I did line up some boxes today > which should safely handle the logos for shipping, so now need to get > prices > from USPS, FedEx and UPS. > > I should be able to give you the final price tomorrow, and let you send > the > money then. > > Please let me know if you have any further questions or comments. > > -Tom
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