VARNISHING & FINISHING
Once carved, layers of varnish is applied. Some props also require brass-work, paint or fabric
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A Fokker DR1/D8 ready for varnishing
A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish)
A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish)
A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish), with some masters in the background
A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish)
A 10 foot (3 metre) RE8/ BE12 propeller
Clerget prop in foreground, RE8/BE12 4-blader in background
Jeff sanding between coats of varnish
Scraping blade prior to sanding
Clerget propeller getting sanded and size-checked
Packaging up a Tiger Moth prop
Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop
Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop (matte black and shiny black)
Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop
Sanding in between varnish coats on the RE8/BE12 prop
Rough-sanding
Matte finish on RE8/BE12 prop. 1933 Morgan car in the background (another photo of this car in the "Bits & Pieces" gallery
Sanding BE2 prop, RE8 prop in background ready for dispatch
Close-up of the stampings on a BE2 hub
Close-up of a DH4 hub
(upside down) Prop description stamped on hub
(bad photo) but shows the varnish finish and the stampings on a Tiger Moth prop
Sopwith triplane hub
Finished Camel propeller
Finish on the varnished blades
Stampings on a Genet Moth prop
Stampings on the Morane Saulnier prop
Stampings on a Sopwith Camel prop
Brass leading edge and tips to a clear-finished Tiger Moth
Shiny finish on a CAMS Gnome rotary engine
Look at that beautiful colour and shine! Photo courtesy of CAMS
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