I inherited 2 horn buttons with my β61 Hawk restoration, both were missing the dome cover & the little Hawk. I purchased a β59 Hawk button from eBay, which I was pretty happy with, & re-painted the Hawk & backing in acrylic, it came up like a new one, so was happy with that. Pulled it out of the draw the other day & noticed a crack right through the middle, must have had a reaction with the paint. So got thinking I could maybe use the β59 button as a Hawk mould, they are the solid resin type, so cleaned it up, gave it a light coat of oil, & pressed 2 part nead it putty into it. Was pretty happy with the result, still needs to be primed & a coat of chrome paint, but think it will work, itβs a bit larger than the original, but I think it will look ok, plus I have a new dome cover for it,
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