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Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby pyth on Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:25 am

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Went through a few revisions and has a few flaws, but I'm putting this one on the hook for a while. Outside is Rustoleum gloss sun yellow, inside of the visors is Rustoleum flat black. The red lens came with the 12" section from SirMarbelot, the yellow and green lenses were shamelessly salvaged from a CH 8-8-8-12-12 that no longer exists among us. The hanger is from LarryC39, just repainted a bit.

:Phil: Just noticed I forgot to replace a visor screw where a tab is missing.
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby SirMarbelot on Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:20 pm

That's fantastic! Nothing says "I am a traffic light" to me like a Marbelite does.
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby Mike80 on Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:02 pm

That signal came out great :thumbsup: I really like Marbelites!
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby Kilted_Econolite_Nut on Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:57 pm

Looks great...

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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby Crunge98 on Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:37 pm

very nice :drool: :thumbsup:
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby mnence1 on Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:20 pm

Lookin' great!

Did you use Rustoleum rattle can enamel or did you just buy the quart can and spray it yourself?
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby pyth on Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:46 pm

mnence1 wrote:Lookin' great!

Did you use Rustoleum rattle can enamel or did you just buy the quart can and spray it yourself?


The rattle cans, went through a few of both yellow and white primer. I think just about all of it has 3 coats or so.
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby EPAC-EPIC-MARC on Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:47 pm

Looks factory new!! :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby Macsignals on Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:06 am

That looks great!! :drool:
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Re: Finished the Marbelite 12-8-8

Postby mcha9797 on Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:14 am

Cool signal, nice job!!! :thumbsup:
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