[ARC5] NC-270 Paint

[Geoff]

Subject: [ARC5] NC-270 Paint


> As long as I have y'all sitting at your 'puters gnawing on your 
> fingernails and breathlessly awaiting my next post, here is another 
> question.
>
> This NC-270 example has the usual Cosmic Blue front panel but the 
> removable case, the top, sides, back, and bottom, painted light blue, 
> essentially a Baby Blue.  I love the Cosmic Blue color scheme, have since 
> I bought my first NC-155 in 1974, but I think the two tone version on the 
> NC-270 is vastly inferior.
>
>
>
> I note that one NC-270 on ebay (offered by the guy who has that RAT) is 
> two toned but that another one up for sale right now has the darker blue 
> on top, sides, and back, but not the bottom.  And it sure looks original.
>
>
>
> Anyone know if National offered them in alternate paint schemes?  I am 
> going to have to repaint the removable part of the case anyway, and I 
> would rather do it in the front panel color, or close to it.  I have found 
> a Cosmic Blue Dupli-color auto paint that is pretty close.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne



The NC-270 survived for several production runs and National rarely stuck to 
an identical color.

Carl