[R-390] R-390A Front Panel restoration

[TChirhart]

Federico, thanks for sharing your experience with me and the R-390
group, in the world of amateur radio the exchange of technical
information is universal and you have done a great job of sharing with
the group. 
Best 73 Tom K4NCG

-----Original Message-----
From: federico [mailto:federico at dottorbaldi.it] 
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:37 AM
To: TChirhart; R-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390A Front Panel restoration

Hi to all,
          in my personal opinion absolutely the best is Rick Mish of 
Miltronix but I don't know if Rick make the job on the lone front panel 
instead of rebuilding the entire rig. 

I made by myself an engraved front panel of an R-392/URR :

1) I sand-blasted the panel with very subtle sand

2) then I re-painted with nitro spray two-three times 

3) re-lettered with white smalt (SARATOGA pencil) and I took the excess
with 
   solvent (it is easy because the nitro spray is resistent to solvent)

you can see the work done in my webspace R-390 FEDERAL folder and
subfolder 
PRIMA E DOPO (BEFORE & AFTER).

4) your degree of auto-evaluation shall be better if you done the work 
   by yourself

I hope that you can understand my enghils that isn't so goog as I should
like.

73 de Federico IZ1FID





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From: "TChirhart" <sparks at codepoets.com>
To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:22:55 -0500
Subject: [R-390] R-390A Front Panel restoration

> Can anyone recommend where to get an R-390 front panel painted and
> re-lettered? It has the engraved panel. I have an Imperial 1963 that 
> has the off Grey/Green front panel and I'd like to keep it the same
color.
> The reasoning is that the 1956 vintage US Navy Destroyer I served 30
> plus years ago had these same receivers with the same color front
> panels. The rear of the panel could be used for color matching and 
> the only part I want painted in the front panel and perhaps the 
> edges and outer margin on the rear. This color scheme matches the LS-
> 474 speakers which I have. This color is not the typical Battleship 
> Grey that most of us are accustomed to seeing. What is interesting 
> is that the interior of the tin can I was on pretty well matched 
> this color as well. The color is typical of the R-1051 line. Thanks 
> in advance. 73's to all. Tom K4NCG
> 
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