trojan name plates for F31

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:32 pm

any body know where I can find a couple of name plates that say Trojan , for the port and starboard side of my boat??

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:01 am

bill, i believe that beacon marine has the nameplates you are looking for.

David Kane · Post by **David Kane** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:47 am

I bought a set of those nameplates from Beacon for my boat. Just took off the old metal plates this morning & put on the new, plastic ones. The metal on the old ones was pitting bad on the back side. I cleaned/waxed the scuz'd surfaces behind the plates. The new ones look great & should look great for a long time to come.

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:43 pm

David Kane wrote:I bought a set of those nameplates from Beacon for my boat. Just took off the old metal plates this morning & put on the new, plastic ones. The metal on the old ones was pitting bad on the back side. I cleaned/waxed the scuz'd surfaces behind the plates. The new ones look great & should look great for a long time to come.

David,
How different are the new ones? I believe that the background of the helmet is a different colour to the originals, am I correct?
On my Trojan the helmet background is Black. How much difference does the change make visually?

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:22 pm

If I could chime in here. I bought nameplates last summer for my F36 and will say, only a very keen eye will notice the differance. Being a purest, when it comes to original equippment, I did feel a bit fake. But. they are much better than the old ones. Joe blow will never know. I had a guy ask me if ny boat was power or sail! Can you believe that!!

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:14 pm

well, is it a power or a sail, Im still not sure and I have one,,,,,lol

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:18 pm

actually , I dont mind reproductions, but what I did for now is take my old ones off, and cleaned them off as best as possible , then I bought some black wrinkle finish paint,, I masked off the helmet portion , I believe the background to be silver, and I painted the trojan portion, then when the paint dried I used my 3M die grinder and was able to use an abrasive pad to remove the paint off the lettering,
once everything was done on that side, I masked that off and painted the other side with silver , and of course masked off the helmet, because of the blue headpiece
then repeated the procedure of removing the paint,
dosent look half bad,
just out of curiosity what do the replacements cost?

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:15 pm

guglielmo6160 wrote:just out of curiosity what do the replacements cost?

$30 ea
https://www.trojanboats.net/zencart/ind ... 62_163_169

David Kane · Post by **David Kane** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:20 pm

I'll take a picture of mine & post. They look better than the picture on the beacon link.

Good idea on how to rejuninate the old ones! I have toyed with the idea of giving my metal ones to my daughter Carrie, to refurbish. I could have her clean up the back sides & coat with Rustoleum, since they won't show.

Guys, you won't believe what I just spotted. Looking out from the kitchen window at my church (working getting ready for tomorrow morning's service), there's a lake freighter heading out of Sandusky Bay!!! Temp's 21 degrees, we've got ice all over the place, & this guys going out!!! Here's a pic of him; have a rough white arrow pointing down to him inbetween 2 buildings. Should have gotten a full shot when he was over more to the left, but I was just so dumbfounded.

MattSC · Post by **MattSC** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:20 pm

Here's some before and after shots of my nameplates. I brought them home, cleaned and hand painted them. Not sure if I have the color scheme right, didn't have much to work with.

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:50 am

nice job, here's one of the ones I did, I will probably buy the new ones this spring, and use these for now, actually looks better than the picture

and this is my small parts refinishing table,,,,lol,,

and my galley cabinet doors, and drawers, and if your wondering, those are wine jugs and a wine rack to the right of the doors ,,,yes we make wine to,,,

David Kane · Post by **David Kane** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:56 pm

Here is the pic of my new, plastic nameplates.