Rotary Owners' Club

Would anybody have one of these for sale, good or damaged, or even the loan of one to take a mould from? I have got my ex RAF Interpol civilianised and mot/registered. Just need to get paint done so it looks presentable and the seat back from recovering with Leighton.

So returning to the original problem: it looks like either more aggressive blast media to remove it or put up with a multicoloured engine if I wish to avoid paint or powder coating the housing?

Not easy to photograph but note contrast between the machines face and the coppery fin. There is an unplated/ coated area in shot as well. Aviation thinners don’t touch it.

Pretty sure it isn’t paint/ powder coating and it has survived a prolonged dip in whatever our local alloy wheel refinished use + vapour blasting here in rural N Essex. I wondered whether it was a left over from any base layer for the Nikasil plating process. Perhaps a more aggressive blasting proce...

My first post so be gentle. I have an ex RAF Interpol which I’d like to civilianise without trying to make a classic replica as such. I have the engine in bits and with Graham’s help am sorted mechanically. The old coating on the engine was pretty rough so it has been chemically stripped and washed ...