[Boatanchors] Paint around dail escutcheon HQ-180??

[Kim Herron]

Hi Ray,

>I have a rather nice HQ-180 in which someone had previously repainted the dial
>escutcheon with black gloss.  I would like to return it to the original dark
>grey.  Does anyone know if there is a similar grey available in local 
>paint stores
>and which specific grey to look for?

         I can't see it to be sure, but that was something that Hammarlund did,
just before they went to the A series of receivers.  The 180A/170A/145A did
have a black escutcheon.  It may be that it's original and not a 
repaint.  I will also
say that it's an accepted repair if your escutcheon has lost a bunch of paint,
because there were at least 4 different colors of grey paint that were used 
for that.



Kim Herron  W8ZV
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