Head Badge Paint restoration

I do think that would look cool. But if you want to restore it Humbrol was the first thing I thought of too. You wouldn't need anything over the Humbrol - you might want to strip the old paint off with something first though. But I'd avoid anything that could fuck up a handsome head badge.

Humbrol was the first thing I thought of too... any decent hobby shop will stock it. If you insist on painting over a perfectly usable headbadge, I'd second the notion of stripping the current layer of paint off (white spirit/thinners/the missus' nail polish remover/expensive vodka) to avoid filling out too much of the detail.

Or just strip it back to the bare metal, polish it up nicely, and clearcoat it.