[MRCA] OD Paint

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Gene,

I never do much Korean War stuff, but I'll keep them in mind.  The OD 
wouldn't be correct for anything earlier than about 1949..

The Signal Corps Green Wrinkle is $8.50 per can, 1 to 3, $8.00 4 to 11 and 
$7.65 12 and over.  Plus shipping.

I remember discussing the ON-OFF switch but don't recall whether we decided 
that you needed a long or a short-throw.  Price in either case is $12.50.

Since you call it a rubber cap, I guess your radio has the early ceramic 
antenna insulator (the insulators on the later radios, and all replacements, were 
polystyrene - they had a different type seal) I think I can come up with a 
good used one.  $8.00.

In a message dated 9/2/2004 8:47:37 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ersmar at comcast.net writes: 
>      I ordered two cans of OD from
> http://www.galleria-e.com/cgi-bin/Colemans.storefront/en/product/150201&2D6
> yesterday and they arrived this afternoon.  (The vendor is just across the
> border in PA.)  I applied two coats of primer and two of OD to the radio
> case of my PRC-10 soon thereafter.  Other than some dripping that I'll have
> to re-paint, the finish looks very good.  At least to my novice eyes.  You
> might want to look into these guys as yet another source for OD.
> 
>      You wrote (below) that you have wrinkle OD paint for WW-II radios.  Do
> I understand correctly that the BC-611's came with this finish from the
> factory?  If so, I think I'd like to refinish the -611 I bought last year
> with factory style paint.  How much for a can or two?  Might you also have a
> rubber cap for the antenna insulator of the -611?   Price?  I'll send a
> check for these items and for a -611 toggle swtich that we last corresponded
> about.  (I've been otherwise occupied moving two daughters into colleges
> this summer, so I haven't had much military surplus radio time, if you know
> what I mean.)

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