[Hallicrafters] Halli paint

[Mike Everette]

Please bear in mind:  These Model Master colors are
all FLAT finishes.

If you spray them from an aerosol can you will have to
overcoat them with a gloss finish.

A better method would be to airbrush them and pre-mix
them with the clear gloss.  Testors Glosscote does
well for this.

And, one color not on this list is Testors Model
Master Panzer Gray, which is a pretty good match for
the SX-96/99/100 which are "not quite black."  You
might want to add a drop or two of flat black if you
think it is too gray; however:  

NOTE, that flat colors and gloss colors look
different, even though they are the same shade.  This
observation comes from quite a bit of my own
experience building scale model aircraft.

Also be aware that these radios are, basically,
industrial machines, not a 1928 Duesenberg.  I
seriously doubt that a great deal of care was taken
with paint mixing.  The Mark I Eyeball was probably
the standard.  The paint was probably mixed in 55
gallon drums with a boat paddle.

By the way, I saw an SX-100 at a recent hamfest
(Charlotte) which had its cabinet painted absolute
black (silver top of course).  It was a nice finish,
to be sure (though the radio inside was filthy dirty
and in my opinion not worth near the asking price),
but it did not look right.


73

Mike
WA4DLF

> 
> The following is paint you can find a your local
> model
> shop. The half ounce bottles run about $3.00.
> 
> It's my understanding that these #'s correspond to
> military paint colours. There's enough of a
> selection
> her to satisfy just about anybody.
> 
> Here's just a few shades of grey/gray, use what ever
> matches...



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