One bit of good news that came with our beat and battered Elva Mk VI sports racer: The chassis plate, while hard to read, still sat attached on the dash.
Sadly, though, it was in deplorable condition.
We started to restore it ourselves. When we saw that we were making it worse, we called in an…
That's nicely done. Looks great, yet period-correct.
What Tim McNair did reminds me of a fairly simple (in theory at least) weathering process a lot of prop makers use:
The short version is that you cover the whole thing with a darker paint, and then gently buff away at the higher points.
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