update
painted some of the dial face parts, there are a surprising many bits to just the dial face on these radios
some of the parts were two colors, black to minimize light leakage and the dial face color sorta sandy tan
i use the closest colors from rustoleum brand spray that match the old paint alright, i'm not sure if the remaining paint is even the correct color after 70 years,
as long as colors go well together and it looks good to my eye is what i care about right now.

to top indented edge of the clear dial face is white to reflect light around the top edge down onto the numbers, it acts like a 90 degree light pipe a bit.
reproduction dial faces do not come painted, and their numbers are just a low quality sticker so they won't even light up 3D like an original.
-s
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mask_for_black.jpg (90.71 KB, 132 downloads)
dial_top_white.jpg (79.05 KB, 133 downloads)
black_complete.jpg (74.86 KB, 130 downloads)
mask_for_tan.jpg (73.38 KB, 127 downloads)
dial_black_tan_complete.jpg (74.01 KB, 127 downloads)