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De-facing idea - MuddyPoppins - 05-09-2016

I don't know if anyone has done this, but there are a lot of really cool vintage buttons that are the perfect size to use for de-facing...just an idea.

RE: De-facing idea - Super - 05-09-2016

Are those Jeans buttons? I like the looks of that. Great idea Muddy, really can make a mod one of a kind for sure. Whose smokebox is that?
Just been browsing around Ebay for buttons and there are some fantastic looking metal ones. I am surely going to incorporate this idea into a future de-face mod. Thanks Muddy

RE: De-facing idea - MuddyPoppins - 05-09-2016

Thanks Super Smile I'm not sure what the button came from, but I'm pretty sure it's Thomas' smoke box.

RE: De-facing idea - MuddyPoppins - 05-09-2016

(05-09-2016, 04:27 AM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Thanks Super Smile I'm not sure what the button came from, but I'm pretty sure it's Thomas' smoke box.

Here's some dandies!!

RE: De-facing idea - Super - 05-09-2016

Is the pictured one yours Muddy?

RE: De-facing idea - MuddyPoppins - 05-09-2016

If you mean the one that I'm holding? Yes.
The group photo was from eBay.

RE: De-facing idea - Super - 05-09-2016

I really like the one you have. That red band really makes it pop and who knows, Mackintosh could be a nice fictitious name for a boiler company. I have to try to find what that company is and where the button comes from.

RE: De-facing idea - Nigels - 05-09-2016

You could maybe also use either beer bottle tops or the tops off champagne bottles (they often have a small metal top on the cork) Smile

Better still how about a pound/euro coin? They are about the right size and have some interesting designs on them Smile

RE: De-facing idea - Super - 05-09-2016

A boiler in the shape of a beer bottle laying down with its cap the smokebox door...hmmm [Image: thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon.gif]

RE: De-facing idea - Nigels - 05-09-2016

Some beer bottle caps have nice designs Smile