New Badges for an MG A

[Wal WerbelParticipant @walwerbel59154]

Hello all,

I recently made a new set of badges for a customer who had had his MGA converted from a 1600 to a 1950. The brief was to adhere to the existing style, and to keep the dimensions similar (especially for the mounting spigots). I made the badges in a decent (ie. non-bendy) grade of aluminium, CAD/CAM in F360 and then hand finished.

Just posting here in case it's of interest or useful to anyone looking for something similar (if that's permissible).

Wal.

Edited By Wal Werbel on 11/05/2022 14:32:55

[Wal WerbelParticipant @walwerbel59154]

1600 to 1950 conversion

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Very nice. How did you do the texturing on the bar?

Cheers,

Rod

[Wal WerbelParticipant @walwerbel59154]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 11/05/2022 15:16:01:

Very nice. How did you do the texturing on the bar?

Cheers,

Rod

Rod, I modelled it in 3D. There was scope to use a procedural texture, but it proved a bit of a nightmare to control – I automated a lot of the shape creation, but ended up doing a fair bit of the placement manually, which is quite laughable – but needs must (when you're an idiot and don't know the 'proper' way…)

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Very neat and Very nice ! Noel.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Beautiful Work Wal!

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

They look good.

A friend had the logo for his kitcar project 3D printed, and after painting them clear coated for a sort of DIY enamel badge look.

[Wal WerbelParticipant @walwerbel59154]

Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 11/05/2022 19:22:15:

They look good.

A friend had the logo for his kitcar project 3D printed, and after painting them clear coated for a sort of DIY enamel badge look.

Yeah, one day (probably not that far off) that'll be the way to go. Shame, though – making these from scratch is a lot more fun than FILE>PRINT..!

Wal.

[Raymond PullenParticipant @raymondpullen49406]

Super work, they really look the part.

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