"Orangie" the Leica IIC

[B-9]

New'ish Beam Splitter salvaged from a Zorki RF is now installed. The split view is beautiful now!

 

[B-9]

Methylene Chloride works fine on Leica Vulcanite! New covering tonight (fingers crossed) along with the first coat of orange on brass!

 

[B-9]

Orange'ish

 

[splitimageview]

to remove the vulcanite just put the shell in the oven for a few minutes at 225 degrees or so. then it peels right off. 🙂

 

[dave lackey]

Orange'ish

Ahhh... Looking stylishly bold there!!😀

 

[gb hill]

You really did paint it orange😱 That might actually look nice. Can't wait til the finished product.

 

[farlymac]

That is looking fine so far. Hope there isn't too much difference between covering and plates.

BTW, at work we used to use Lime Kool Ade in a sonic bath to remove nickle plating in about 2 hours or less.

PF

 

[B-9]

It took about an hour to strip the Nickel off in the heated B929 bath.

The Orange of the top plate is slightly more vibrant than the leather covering, I chose a lighter color for the camera to really make the leather stick out.

Thanks for all the comments!

 

[Mr_Flibble]

"This Heresy train has no brakes!!!" - My Leicaphile side

Seriously though, I bet it'll look brilliant once it's all together.
Time to get an orange-brown neck strap from Aki-Asahi 🙂

 

[B-9]

Lost my brakes a few thousand kilometers back Rick!

Thanks for popping in!

 

[B-9]

Wet sanding with 600,

Going to slap a final coat of orange,

Then finish with wet 1500,

Before sealing it up with a polish.

 

[madNbad]

Would you post one next to the body covering as a tease?

 

[B-9]

Sure thing Bud! Ask and you will receive!

 

[sepiareverb]

Brassed too!

 

[madNbad]

Nice match! Thanks for sharing.

 

[B-9]

At this point it has a very worn in look, lots of edge brass showing, but that's just part of the process. Although I ultimately want this kind of brassing I would feel a bit lazy leaving it like this instead of clocking the time in for an authentic patina.

 

[BLKRCAT]

Call him "pylon"

 

[B-9]

Explain to me your curious Canadian "Pylon" friend!

Thanks for stopping in bud! Hope all has been well!

 

[B-9]

Let's talk,

Does anyone have questions?

Maybe you have a project or inspiration you would like to share?

Tell me about a look you like! What would you do with a bare brass IIc?

 

[farlymac]

I have an Agfa Super Silette I was going to do a black paint project with, but it hasn't materialized for any of a number of reasons.

The match between your plates and coverings is very nice, and will look just fine when complete. Going through my archive, I found a photo of a Leica M with orange coverings, and it was alright, but one done completely in Pepto Bismol pink was what I considered stepping over the line. Any other shade than that is okay by me.

With a bare brass IIc I would make sure to get a coat of clear on it as soon as possible.

PF