Interior: Horn button

[Cus63]

I inherited 2 horn buttons with my ‘61 Hawk restoration, both were missing the dome cover & the little Hawk. I purchased a ‘59 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 ‘59 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, it’s a bit larger than the original, but I think it will look ok, plus I have a new dome cover for it,

[52-fan]

Looks good. I get a lot of pleasure out of refurbishing bits like that.

[Commander Eddie]

It does look good. I wonder if that part could also be 3-D printed?

[Cus63]

I'm sure it could be 3D printed, would be a bit of setup, I'll send a pic once I've got it finished,
you could use bondo in the mould also, but might be a bit brittle.

[Cus63]

Finished item, not exact, but it will do,

regards, Cus