| The bumperettes were left to harden overnight and were then fitted to the Jeep again. Next came the hood stencilling. After a little messing around on the computer to get the sizes and spacings right, the stencils were cut and the following day, taped to the hood for painting. | |
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stencilling as seen here, just has one coat of paint, but will require
at least one more. Next will come the oddly styled and placed star ( as seen in the wartime picture on the previous page ). |
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Time to sort the hood star. The first attempt was a paper template for a 12 inch star. Seeing the rearward location of the star in the original picture, I opted for the small star size. A shallow angle photo was compared to the wartime picture, and I realised that it was too small. |
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| Next came segments of a larger circle to suit a 15 inch star. This still didn't look right, so a circle to encompass a 20 inch star was cut ( 28 inch total diameter ). This half circle template can just be seen on top of the original template in the picture below right. | |
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