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I could tell that he would be enjoyable to work with in the first ten minutes of the call, which ran on for a while. He no longer makes decals. Price range for what I am looking at is very reasonable.
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After speaking with Robert he sent me a very nice catalog.
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This came from Robert Dustin today. It is a proof for a Builders Plate on the back of the cab.
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He is also doing me a small plate showing the rebuild this last year.
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The second plate proof. He does nice work to say the least. Waiting for the damages so I can mail him a check.
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I have bought R. Dustins plates as well. Used them as a pattern to make silicone rubber molds then
poured waxes to have lost wax cast in silicon bronze by an art caster. Beautiful.
The early Westinghouse air pump cast bronze builders plate in 1/8 scale in this pic.
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RichD wrote:I have bought R. Dustins plates as well. Used them as a pattern to make silicone rubber molds then
poured waxes to have lost wax cast in silicon bronze by an art caster. Beautiful.
The early Westinghouse air pump cast bronze builders plate in 1/8 scale in this pic.
That pump looks great, Rich!
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The patent place on my cross-compound pump is an R. Dustin product.
He does wonderful work!
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And reasonable as the cost of the two plates, which are 1 7/8 wide, was 94 total.
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The custom plates from Robert Dustin came in the mail today.

Definitely worth the money and a pleasure to work with.
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Cannot say enough good things about the product or the service.
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