[Johnson] Ranger 2 refurbish all done

[david lee]

Bob-
Great job.  I have been toying for years to try this myself.
I always get hung up over the process of silk screening.
Can you share how you scanned and created the digital imagery for the screen?  Was there a lot of manual refinement (colors, alignment, sharpening, ext) after the initial scan?
Seems to me that this is a terribly manual, trial and error process, especially for panels with curvature and bumps.
I’ve read some folks send the panel to professional graphics shop for scan and slik screen.
Thanks for any info to help me get past this fear of the unknown.
-dave
W5OC


> On May 24, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Robert Sauvan <rsauvan at beyondbb.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Thought you might like to see the Ranger 2 I just finished painting and silk screening. I think it turned out very nice. Let me know what you think. I made a silk screen and this would be the first attempt at something like this. I now have the screens and am able to do more face plates. I matched the colors using Sherwin Williams auto paints. Painted, sanded and buffed by hand too get the patina that I felt was right for the era of the radio. I am enclosing a link to my web page for viewing. My next attempt is going to be a Johnson Courier Amplifier that I just picked up. You can click on the link after getting to my website to look at the pictures of my purchase and view the "before" pics of it. I will look to get this done in the next month or so and will post that when I am done as well if anyone is interested. I will have a screen for this radio as well when I am done. Please enjoy.
> 
> http://www.w0ybs.com/w0ybs_026.htm
> 
> 73-Bob-W0YBS
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