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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:08 pm
by woodyrr
Thanks for all of the comments and criticisms. I think that I will let it stand as it now is.

I'll go to a local graphics shop soon and see if I can get them to make some for my Thunderbolt restoration.

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 12:35 am
by Bryan
woodyrr wrote:Thanks for all of the comments and criticisms. I think that I will let it stand as it now is.

I'll go to a local graphics shop soon and see if I can get them to make some for my Thunderbolt restoration.
Let me know what they say. I'm interested in talking to you about getting some made for my siren since its got the same logo

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 2:33 am
by Mac
mixerbd699 wrote:
woodyrr wrote:Thanks for all of the comments and criticisms. I think that I will let it stand as it now is.

I'll go to a local graphics shop soon and see if I can get them to make some for my Thunderbolt restoration.
Let me know what they say. I'm interested in talking to you about getting some made for my siren since its got the same logo
I second that

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:22 pm
by woodyrr
Antiwhoknows found an almost mint "intertwined" Thunderbolt decal. While I am ecstatic that a decal has been found that establishes conclusively what the decal looks like. I am, of course, disappointed that my idea of what the decal actually looked like was close, yet materially different. The biggest disappointment and the biggest difference is that instead of blue and red like the F-S decal, the "intertwined" is black and red like the Circle-F.

The second difference is that what looked like a thin outline on all four of the examples that I had on my Thunderbolt is actually just the edges of the decal. I lave left the outline on my master copy but changed it from a solid blue line to a dotted gray line. To accurately represent the shape of the decal, it should be cut along the inside of the dotted line.

Thanks to antiwhoknows for finding an excellent example of the third type of decal applied to Thunderbolt sirens.

Here is my master reworked to more accurately reflect an actual decal.

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1970s Thunderbolt Siren Logo by woodyrr, on Flickr


And the final design that I applied to my Thunderbolt.

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Early 1970s Thunderbolt Siren Decal Artwork by woodyrr, on Flickr

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:04 am
by EL1998P71
Why hasn't the image of the 1003 with this decal been posted yet?

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:34 am
by Antiwhoknows
EL1998P71 wrote:Why hasn't the image of the 1003 with this decal been posted yet?
Here is the decal. I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sure my face looked like :shock: when I saw it.

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EDIT: If I recall correctly, I read somewhere that there were also Circle F Thunderbolt decals that had black instead of blue. I remember taking an image of one with the blue and turning it black to see what it looked like. I actually have one printed off and taped to my door.

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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:53 pm
by EL1998P71
That is great. Too bad the photo is not a straight shot.
Looks like red and black to me. And looks not too bad to change one of my Circle F ones to this one.

My original Circle F is red and black (photo makes it look blue)
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And here's the one I had made.

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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:37 am
by NeoThunderBolt85
I prefer the 80s style FS logos but these older ones are starting to grow on me.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:59 am
by Antiwhoknows
EL1998P71 wrote: Too bad the photo is not a straight shot.
I did try a straight-on shot but since it was night, I had to use my camera flash and it reflected off the decal because it was shiny. Here's that picture.

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