03-08-2012, 05:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2012, 05:30 PM by Robert Darwent.)
(03-08-2012, 02:56 PM)Geaney Wrote: Soon I will have to tackle the glass dial issue - that's going to take some magic to find a workable solution.
Regarding restoring your dial John, as you will be aware the problem with making a reproduction of a glass dial that has white or very light legends is not being able to print 'white' unless you are lucky enough to own one of the very few printers that can, such as those made by Alps (now obsolete unfortunately).
The following discussion may prove helpful though, where there is a description of using various embossing powders to create 'raised graphics' on decal (water-slide transfer) paper with the aid of an heat-gun.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/dial_sc...inter.html
I have yet to attempt this method myself but it looks very promising and the results achieved look excellent. With respect to the Super Groom dial, the white areas could be isolated and printed by themselves to produce a waterslide transfer that is then applied to the original glass, so replacing the missing legends. Obviously the graphic would need to be made as a mirror image so the 'raised graphics' could be applied behind (on the inside of) the existing dial glass.
Regards
