I think that looks crazy good. It's amazing what an impact the red at the bottom makes. So what's next?
Thanks everyone for the great comments!
Yea, BPPierce, the red triangles where just a last second addition the morning before I was going to start the clear coat, but nicely tie in the Indian theme and color with the green base and top. Easy to do as well - Made the stencil using the shape insertion tool in Microsoft Word to make the triangles and size them right so they would start at stop on the edge of the skins (so I would not have to try and join them along the seams of the two halves), copied them across the whole word document and them printed them out on whole page sticky UPS shipping labels I have, cut them out, stuck them on, painted and then started the clear coat.
The trickiest part in the entire project was bending the flat reproduction porcelain Indian signs to fit the body skins - buying original curved ones for $800+ was out of budget, so a pair of flat repos, and baking them in the oven at 400 degrees for a 10-15 mins, bending slightly, and repeat a dozen or so times each worked out really well with no cracks or chips. Just a tip that worked for me for anyone that might want to attempt the same.
Whats next is my Wayne 276 pre-visible project - likely a slow, take-all-winter project. I also just got a "side kick" to the 276 - a Wayne 320/420 (cant tell which it is, or what the difference even is between the 320 & 420) and if it has a cut ID plate on it's inside, I've not seen it yet. The original lock is still in it, and locked obviously. It looks like a mini-me of the 10ft 276, cute little thing, about 4 1/2 feet tall. I'm planing on restoring them as a matched pair.
The American 550 behind the Wayne pumps in the attached pic would look so amazing restored, but it is not a restoration candidate for sure. It's all original white crown signage, plates, paint - even still has Illinois Weights and Measures Dept. decals on the glass with the readable one from the City of Chicago - 1945, certifying the pump. Cant touch this one - would destroy to much history. Very cool pump. I can post more pictures if is curious to see it up close.
