New restoration - Black Paint Leica IIIF ST

[Monochrom]

Hi Guys!

Here is my latest creation or better said restoration.

Leica 3F black paint

Hope you like it!

Leica III F Restored by Enzo Betinyani, on Flickr

Leica III F Black paint by Enzo Betinyani, on Flickr

Leica III F White paint filled engravings by Enzo Betinyani, on Flickr

 

[GaryLH]

Nice job..looks really good.

Gary

 

[daveleo]

very handsome !

I did a little homework.Only a few hundred of these were produced, way back then.

 

[FrankS]

Beautiful. Was this a restoration or a dechrome/paint project?

 

[Paulbe]

Beautiful! Do you have any "before" pix?
Paul

 

[Larry Cloetta]

And, sometimes, some of the best things in life really are things.
That's beautiful.

 

[Trius]

Oh my, that is gorgeous. What may be a perfect design and a superb restoration.

 

[charjohncarter]

Love it, my IIIf is almost perfect but looks like an BessaR (painted chrome) compared to yours.

 

[CMur12]

Beautiful!

- Murray

 

[Stanton]

Simply WOW! Dave

 

[Dralowid]

Very nice indeed.

I'm keen to hear what kind of paint you used and if it has hardened well.

 

[Monochrom]

Wow!

Thanks for your comments.

I dechromed and painted it black.

My next project is a sorry state Leica III G. It has a broken aluminium body and was totally damaged by water. Hope the RF prism is ok. Besides that everything can be restored.

Don´t have before pics but wasn´t that bad, dents, brassing a couple holes in the base plate, nothing worked the usual condition...just did all the thing.

😉

 

[fireblade]

Very nice.

 

[splitimageview]

I know first hand how difficult that is. bravo!

 

[xayraa33]

That is a thing of beauty.

 

[Timmyjoe]

That's really gorgeous, nicely done.