[ARC5] Front panel widows

[Craig]

This is actually getting to be very curious. I had to run an errand a 
little while ago and stopped over at the warehouse where a lot of my 
airplane stuff is stored. I was only able to get to two of the radios to 
check the windows. Interestingly enough, one was engraved and white 
filled, while the other one was raised lettering and markings, with no 
color applied. I'm wondering if different vendors used different methods 
to make the markings as there was no standard requirement at the time 
other than it had to be indelibly marked.

I'm hoping that I can get down to Belton next month for the fest down 
there and see if I can find any units with good widows to purchase or 
copy. If I can't, I may put out a request for someone to make some 
measurements on good ones in their possession so that I can make up a 
cad drawing for the engraver. Both of the ones I was able to handle 
today, are warped and have shrunk in multiple directions, so they are 
not usable for measurements.

Craig Cantwell

KF5JOT

Fairchild AT-21

S/N 42-48053

On 02/03/2017 01:47 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>    FWIW, I've found decal material at hobby shops. Two kinds, one for 
> ink jets and one for laser printers. I used the ink jet kind. Print on 
> it and then coat it with a special spray lacquer. It is then 
> transferred as usual by soaking it in water and sliding onto the 
> surface you want. Many art supply stores have sheet plastic that is 
> suitable for replacement dials.  If the dials are flat you need only 
> to cut it to shape. For curved dials it has to be formed and I don't 
> know how to do this.
>