PAB Opinions Solicited

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

I am looking for an opinion on this PAB, thumbs up or down please! thanks, Jeff

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

I am looking for an opinion on this PAB, thumbs up or down please! thanks, Jeff

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[Jeff Ashenfelter]

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[Jeff Ashenfelter]

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[Mike Kenny]

Hi Jeff,

Looks like a casting of an F&R.

Regards
Mike K

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Hi Mike,
Man are you fast. Thanks much. Off to the junk pile it goes. Jeff

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Jeff,

Wait for some other opinions before you hammer it! No-one here is perfect.

Regards
Mike K

[Chet Sowersby]

Hi Jeff.
I also belive that this is a fake casting based on the F&R PAB. The hinge/catch assembly matches nothing done by F&R let alone all of the pits in the badge.

Chet

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Hi Chet,
Thanks for the confirmation. Jeff

[Bob Hunter*]

There you have it Jeff! The same opinion from an upside down guy and a right side up guy. You can take that one to the bank.

[Darrell]

There you have it Jeff! The same opinion from an upside down guy and a right side up guy. You can take that one to the bank.

So am I to take it that Mike is the 'Upside down guy"

[Don D.]

I'd like to see some side shots of the hinge and catch before you toss it. The detail on the front looks ok and it is nicely scooped. I also think your photo program has not kept it in perspective which accounts for the "roundness" of it. Do the hinge and catch have bases or are those mounds on the back of the badge.
Don

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

I'd like to see some side shots of the hinge and catch before you toss it. The detail on the front looks ok and it is nicely scooped. I also think your photo program has not kept it in perspective which accounts for the "roundness" of it. Do the hinge and catch have bases or are those mounds on the back of the badge.
Don

Hi Don,
The catch and hinge have no back plates, they are mounded up with solder which makes them appear rather high! Thanks again, Jeff

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Hi Don,
The catch and hinge have no back plates, they are mounded up with solder which makes them appear rather high! Thanks again, Jeff

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