[R-390] Half moon guard?

[Scott, Barry (Clyde B)]

Roy,

Now you've gone and made me feel bad.  The front panel I'm currently working on had these so badly that even though I sanded for a long time with #320 wet-or-dry while removing the paint, these "badges" are still ghosted in the aluminum.  I beginning to think I've done something terribly wrong...

Barry(III) - N4BUQ

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I can't locate a picture of such a radio but one of my radios shows the 
effect quiet dramaticaly.  I think it is the Collins  R-390A S/N  17  from 
contract 375-P-54.  I am NOT about to repaint that panel.  To me it's a 
badge of long continuous service, a mark nobly won and proudly displayed.

Roy