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 Post subject: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 8:40 pm 
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This is the curved outer covering, with the CROSLEY logo, XXXs on either side, and pinstripes. I'm guessing that you'd flatten it and scan it, copy the graphics and color sections to a new file in your photo editor, and recreate it. But how you get this flat? My first thought was slow heat. but then thought that the old plastic might crack and snap into sections.


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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 8:56 pm 
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Don't think I would want to try to flatten it, because it would almost certainly crack.

Either photograph or scan each area separately, then using your photo editor put them together and go from there.

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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 11:24 pm 
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Yes, that Crosley 88TC was the first radio I restored when I started the hobby. Quite a chore.
See below for how it came out from my website.
I made a scan, did a few hours of Photoshop and this is what I came up with.
I printed it with my ink jet printer onto the clear slide film we used to use for presentations before there was Powerpoint. Then I masked off the clear window and spray painted the backside with antique gold.
I uploaded the image onto my website (it is a big file). Just scale this to print the correct size and it should work for you.
http://www.louhaskell.com/data/dialscan_final.jpg


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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Apr Sat 07, 2012 6:56 am 
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Thanks for uploading that scan. I filled the white space with green on GIMP, and erased the center rectangular space with transparency. If printed on clear plastic, it should be ready to install without the need for spray paint. I have all surfaces except the top cleaned and sanded. The top veneer was splintered, with a large section missing, and I removed it and used pieces to patch the right side of the cabinet. First pic is the project to date; second is the "before" pic.


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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Apr Sat 07, 2012 11:56 am 
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You have made good progress on the cabinet. Nice work. On the dial, you mentioned you filled the space with green. I believe the green you are seeing on the dial you have is a false color from aging. The correct color is gold. See the photo of my radio. I got this from a photo of the plastic version, the 88TA on the radio museum website -- http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/crosley_88ta_88_ta.html.

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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Apr Sun 08, 2012 2:29 pm 
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Lou is correct. The green you see is the oxidization of the gold pigment.


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 Post subject: Re: Crosley 88 TC plastic outer dial cover
PostPosted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 1:04 am 
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I looked closely at the plastic under bright light and saw gold under the green. The green was so dominant that I thought it was the original color and that gold was the result of fading.

I put the clear coat on and put the chassis back in the case, without the bolts. It will have to come out again once the outer dial cover is printed and, in the meantime, I can look for a piece of veneer for the top. The grill cloth was stretched / pinched at the top, and I put it back in upside down. The radio powers up but there's no sound. Not even hum or static. Which explains why the cord was cut even with the rubber interlock plug. IMO the yellow crosshatch lines and brown metal backing plate make the dial scale numbers hard to read even in normal light. If I wasn't such a purist, I'd remove that metal plate and paint it black, hi.


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