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Okay, in reference to several threads, I have pulled my Kiev rebuild out of mothballs. I still need a few parts, but she is mostly painted. I need to figure out how to disassemble the baseplate. Unfortunately, it appears that my baseplate is older than the example on the KSS as the bottom locks don't unscrew. It appears that their mounting points are melted somehow together. I have deleted the engraved Kiev logos and plan to replace them with either a decal or some dry-rub lettering. If it is a decal, I need help deciding on the font to use. I played with a few and I can't decide. Take a look and let me know what the general consensus on the board is. I am having a hard time deciding between numbers 2,5 and 9. Number 8 looks kind of cool too. So what sayeth the board? Oh yeah, I forgot, most likely they will be printed in this red, maybe a little darker.


KIEVSCRIPTS.jpg
 
I like several of them ok but think they would all look better were the "K" the same size as the other letters.
That said, I like #6.
Rob
 
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 contain errors. Most notably, "Б" and "В" are different letters, as are "И" and "П", and "З" and "Е".

It's like printing Lelca, Leioa or Teica on your Leica if you're Japanese.

(Edit: And 6 has a very weird E, too.)

Philipp
 
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My personal preference would be something like this:

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You can basically use any uppercase stencil font, write "KNEB", flip the N horizontally into an И and it will be fine.
 
Kiev logo

Kiev logo

I would suggest the original 1947 script - I have a reduced drawing I can send .
 

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I cannot comment this. Made my day! ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

This is kinda C&C: Red Alert writings)))))))

Anyway, I would recommend this engraving, like very old Kievs:

Pic_5_Kiev_III_49.JPG
 
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Yeah, I tried to comment earlier and it erased my post. Anyway, most of the misspellings are related to the fact that I used fonts rather than reset my keyboard for Cryllic. I looked for something close to what you show in your pic Dee, I couldn't find anything I was happy with. Quasit, I already have one kiev with that engraving. A very nice 1949-50 model, with a ZK lens. I want something different, but with a definite commie flair. I think I may keep searching. Either that, or I need to play some more in photoshop. Maybe if I take a pic of the faceplate and then put the writing on myself I can get a better idea of what I want. thanks so far everybody. I am still up in the air.
 
As the initial project of Contax Copying was called `Volga` or `Волга` (russian river), then just put this engraving.

Like on this picture (above Contax) :
Pic_1.jpg
 
As I said, the spelling is a result of the font, because all of them were spelled the exact same way. The differences in the fonts accounted for the incorrect spelling. I used the english spelling here that we have all accepted K-N-E-B. I don't know why some of the fonts pictured it properly and others did not. All I know is that I spelled it improperly/correctly😉
 
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