[R-390] Panel Painting Advice

[Howard Weeks]

Back around 1964, I restored a stenciled R-390 panel while living in 
Germany.  I had a German shop engrave the panel. He matched the font 
very closely and when finished, I doubt that anyone could tell the 
difference. And he charged me less than 50 dm (4:1) at that time.

If I had one to do today, I would do it the same way (assuming I could 
find a competent engraver).

Howard in GA

On 4/7/2015 12:51 PM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
> Some years ago I had excellent results painting the stenciled panel on an
> early Motorola R-390A. I cleaned the panel as thoroughly as possible with
> Naphtha, followed by alcohol. I then masked off the white-painted areas with
> Scotch Type 811 Removable tape (pale blue box), trimming the edges as close
> to the lettering as possible with an Xacto knife. I then shot the panel with
> several very light coats of Tru Value Machine Gray, which is an excellent
> match to the original. After the paint dried, I peeled off the Scotch tape,
> using the Xacto knife to lift the edges. To make everything blend, I gave
> the entire panel a shot of Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic. This effectively
> hid the edges where the tape had been applied.
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