[Milsurplus] [ARC5] SCR-183 and -283 junction boxes

[Kludge]

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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Hanz
> On 8/24/2011 9:02 PM, David Stinson wrote:

Actually that was a combination effort by Dave and me.  :-D

> It's a fair question.  There is an awful lot of aluminum in a B-29, and 
> in fact the front flight deck has an aluminum floor while the 
> radar/countermeasures deck has a plywood floor - go figure.... 

Ummm ... they ran out of aluminum while they were building the prototype?
:-D

> Beyond the question of design intent, the fact that there are such
junction 
> boxes in not only the B-29, but a few other aircraft I've crawled 
> through, makes them perfectly reasonable for the "completist" journeys 
> in our group, at least in my view.  

And just in time since my Dremel 580 table saw is almost ready to rock after
a complete overhaul.  I wonder how many buyers I'd get if I went into
production.  Hmmm ... :-)

Taking this a step further, though, how many wooden radio shelves have you
encountered?  I know they were used in some civilian aircraft and
encountered a few while I was still active as an A&P.  It would seem to me
that the equipment would have to be bonded fairly well for that to work,
something like it would normally be on an aluminum shelf.

> A few strategically placed decals 
> from your laser printer and a few truss head screws and it will look 
> very retro.  

Decals?  What sort of decals?  I looked at the your site and have in mind
something that says "SCR-AN-183" (or whatever I wind up with) in the center
with tags for the various cables as to where they go.  Originally I thought
that making them on a white background and then varnishing over them would
work but the more I think about it the more I believe that using paper
instead of decals would do better due to issues with the ink staying in
place.  (I'm poor and only have an inkjet.  On the other hand, I have access
to a copier although not a color one.)  

> BTW, old fashioned 
> varnish is getting a little hard to find...everything is polyurethane 
> these days.  

Hmmm ... has real spar varnish gone over to the urethane side too?  If not,
there are several marine supply houses here that still sell it.  It ain't
cheap but it's good.

> On the other hand, there are a lot of junction boxes available 
> at the electrical stores, or even Lowes or HD, that would look good with 
> a coat of aluminum paint.  

Somewhere I saw some cast aluminum boxes that would be the right size for
this and weren't a whole lot of costly.  Coolness now would involve
remembering where.  :-/

> Explore the possibilities! :-)

Last time I tried that I got slapped.  ;-D

Best regards,
 
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