Mine was falling apart — and went a different route. Made an acrylic “plate” and applied vinyl lettering. See: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1vuP0l_YcJk/Vgmap0k63PI/AAAAAAAACYk/5K3HL8Kbgn8/s1600/CaptainsCove.jpg
Easy, very inexpensive, result. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Jan 4, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I may have missed the message or dropped the ball last year. Sorry folks. > > The one on Ken's boat is aftermarket and is held on with 2 screws, one at > each end. The way I imagined one being made and installed was that the > original plaque would be ground flush and the new metal plate fitted over > top. For attachment I felt like welded on studs (in place of screws) that > went through the hull/deck was most favorable. I don't know any of the > engineering hurdles. To be honest, an automotive body shop would just use 3M > VHB tape. > > The pictures should be sufficient to create a scale model. The height is > roughly 2.5 inches. I'll try to get real measurements asap so that the scale > can be applied to achieve the correct finished size. > > https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yUklxR0VXQUd0WjA/edit > <https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yUklxR0VXQUd0WjA/edit> > Josh > > On Jan 4, 2016 11:24 AM, "david via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > This topic came up last year and I will put forward the same offer. > > I own / work at a shop that has CNC machining capability and 3D solid > modeling expertise. We work with solid models every day. My engineer is also > an enthusiast of 3D printing and last year bought his own printer, although I > am not sure of the size of it. It is able to print to different grades and / > or quality of acrylic. > > I would like to offer to produce a solid model at the least. The beauty of a > model is you can see what it looks like prior to building anything. There are > lots of manufacturing or production techniques that can be used to make these > depending on the material one wants to use. From what I recall the ones with > the raised letter (maybe acrylic) were also "recessed" into the cabin. I > think the ones on Ken's boat are proud of the surface and maybe were never > recessed or this was filled up. > > I believe where it left off last time was someone was going to make a sketch > or more specifically a "rubbing" of the outline so we had at least the outer > dimensions and scale of the logo and star. > > David Donnelly > C&C 26 Mistress >> On January 3, 2016 at 10:36 PM Josh Muckley via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> >> Yeah Gary, >> >> The old looking pictures are my boat. The new ones are Ken Heaton's. This >> subject has come up at least twice since I've been a member of the list. >> This makes the third. Everyone is pretty convinced that Ken has the best >> nameplate. All of the 37+'ers seem up for a bulk order of nameplates. If >> you figure out a solution let us know. >> >> Josh Muckley >> S/V Sea Hawk >> 1989 C&C 37+ >> Solomons, MD >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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