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Oaklawn Camco Oval Badge
There's quite a lot of contradictory information on the oval badges. Harry Cangany's book, for example, has them as having been around from 1962 unti...
16 years agopolishing
I saw the .de site suggested car polish - I would have thought it was still worth trying to pick up some of the fine Novus stuff all the Americans use...
16 years agoIs this a Ludwig set?
Is this the kit that's been on Vendolin in Sweden? D
16 years agoOaklawn Camco project
Just saw the last note - the 3D moire Canal Plastics have is similar though not the same. The bubbles are only about 2/3 the size of the original wrap...
16 years agoThe Ludwig snare hunt
As far as I'm aware (Ludwig experts leap in whenever you're ready or when I make a hash of it) the Ludalloy shells used for Acrolites and Supras are e...
16 years agoCamco Oaklawn Drum Set
Small pillow is in the bass drum sounds thuddy and compact - just what I want really.
16 years agoCamco Oaklawn Drum Set
The shallow bass drum is a bit of a surprise. Currently have only a couple of felt strips and it's got plenty of what you want from a bass drum though...
16 years agoCamco Oaklawn Drum Set
12", 14", rare 12" x 20" bass drum - originally a lacquered kit (clear interiors) someone had stripped and tried to repaint badly - in terrible shape...
16 years agoCamco Chanute re-lacquer
Bass drum and rack tom were almost totally without lacquer - holes from a previous Tama mount filled and an original mount brought in.
17 years agoOaklawn Camco project
The wrap has a 3D kind of effect (hence the name). It makes the badges appear to kind of float on top of the shell - this is not quite the same as the...
17 years agoOaklawn Camco project
A while back I picked up a bunch of Camco shells (no lugs or anything - just badges). After agonising in these pages (also over at DFO) about how to...
17 years ago"RAVEN" Drums?
Seems to ring a bell as a Japanese stencil name.... D
17 years agoCamco Question
But they could well be Camco shells, just drilled for the TamaCamco fittings.
17 years agoCamco Question
I'm actually just finishing off that project right now - will end up as a temporary 3D-moire finish. Camco didn't do white painted shell interiors af...
17 years agoCamco Question
No real collector kudos on those ones yet - and, relatively rare though they are, I'm not sure there will be even if you hang on to them. Camco guys...
17 years ago