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erikvanstraten
Wilson, Vinicino,
Ofcourse you can touch-up painted camera's. Better than Humbrol are the touch-up pencils from Motip, Germany, actually for cars (dupli-color). Dilute with thinner and apply with a very fine retouching brush. The surface on which you apply the stuff must be thinner-proof. Black laquer or paint surfaces on Leicas are always thinner-proof. You can remove the retouching easely with thinner, so don't worry about the collecting value. I removed this way once a complete layer of repaint on a black 1932 Leica II, restoring it this way to its original finish wich was in a surprisingly fine condition with only minor brassing. Available from Micro-tools is a wonderful stuff called 'brass-black'. This is a chemical oxydizer great for surpressing shiny bright brass marks on your paint on brass camera's. First clean thoroughly with thinner the spot you want to do, then apply brass-black, let it dry and then buff it up with silicon oil from a spray can.
But neither Humbrol nor Motip will hold for a long time on a black chrome Leica. Brass-black won't help either.
Regards,
Erik.
Ofcourse you can touch-up painted camera's. Better than Humbrol are the touch-up pencils from Motip, Germany, actually for cars (dupli-color). Dilute with thinner and apply with a very fine retouching brush. The surface on which you apply the stuff must be thinner-proof. Black laquer or paint surfaces on Leicas are always thinner-proof. You can remove the retouching easely with thinner, so don't worry about the collecting value. I removed this way once a complete layer of repaint on a black 1932 Leica II, restoring it this way to its original finish wich was in a surprisingly fine condition with only minor brassing. Available from Micro-tools is a wonderful stuff called 'brass-black'. This is a chemical oxydizer great for surpressing shiny bright brass marks on your paint on brass camera's. First clean thoroughly with thinner the spot you want to do, then apply brass-black, let it dry and then buff it up with silicon oil from a spray can.
But neither Humbrol nor Motip will hold for a long time on a black chrome Leica. Brass-black won't help either.
Regards,
Erik.