No.8 Telescope Case?

[boristhepig]

Hi
I recently purchased a very nice reproduction No.8 telescope case from forum member bigduke6. And I would like to make a stencil to add the words (RIFLE) to the lid. And would just like to ask what would be the correct colour paint to use? An original case I own has the words in yellow, but I have seen a number of them with white lettering. Also how was the paint originally applied, was it with a roller or sprayed on or a stipple brush etc.

Thanks

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[Peter Laidler]

We just stenciled them on with white paint stippled over the stencil. Later someone came over with some one-way-trip stick on stencils. Stick-on, peel the words out, stipple over, wait to dry and out it goes. Simple. All our tins were painted gloss deep bronze green as per the EMER

[bigduke6]

Terry, The original ones I have are yellow...... one is hardly visible anymore, I guess it was just a quick dab of the brush with whatever paint. if you look back at the one I repaired and refinished, I didn't have any yellow paint as such but had a small set of artists oil paints, I just used this with a brush over the stencil, takes a lifetime to dry but came out quite good.

[chosenman]

I concur, mine are also yellow.