[ARC5] RCA AVA-120 Antenna Reel

[David Stinson]

On 7/11/2020 10:35 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2020 at 21:44, David Stinson wrote:
>> Feeling good enough to go digging in "The Cave." Here is my working 
>> RCA Light Aircraft set, still needs cosmetic work: 
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/z5YvEMMNSc9N3oHQ9 
> Hmmm...innersting... Ya know, David, that AVT-112 transmitter you 
> "warned" us about on EvilBay? I bought it. Needs the front panel 
> repainted.
> ________________
>
> Good Morning, Ken.  My AVT-112 front panel
> also peeled, almost completely.  I can get a radio
> working, but my "talent" for cosmetics is woefully
> lacking.  As you know, there is a lot of paint-filled
> engraving on that panel.  No question that,
> were I to try to repaint it in the original scheme, I would
> screw-up those engravings and, once "re-filled," they
> would never look so pretty again.
> "Been there, done that."  like Black Wrinkle Paint,
> my mis-adventures and bungling, wasting effort
> and precious, precious time stripping, sanding, painting,
> cussing, cussing more then stripping again, etc.-
> I've sworn-off it.  If a piece's finish is beyond
> "touch-up" work, I'll give it to someone more skilled
> and wait for a better example.  Plenty of nice sets here
> to keep the time filled productively, when this cursed
> plague leaves me some energy.
>
> So, like a recent Electric Radio author, I removed the
> peeling paint, polished the panel and give it three
> thin coats of Gloss clear coat.  I think it looks splendid.
> Maybe one day I will find someone who can paint it
> properly, but I doubt it; our ranks are thinning
> quickly now.  The set works and is nearly complete.
> I remember now that this set did not use a weight on
> the end of the Antenna wire- I was confusing that
> with another.  The AVA-120 used a wind-sock for
> drag, which I don't have or expect to ever see.
> I'll focus on being grateful to have found, with the
> support of so many of our members, the bits and
> pieces and not worry so much about "the small stuff."
>
> Stay well, young man.
> Dave S.


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