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update, housing labels

Now all the internals are ready to test fit into the housing. I could wait to affix the labels until after the test fit, but i think it will be okay to do it now. This post will be two parts so that i can post more photos again to show the history of reproducing the labels.

I took good photos of the label remnants on a couple of these radios and redrew them on the computer.
My process starts with taking clear straight facing photos with a ruler for scale.
I used the program Omnigraffle which is not nearly as powerful as photoshop but is suitable for this task.
Once in the computer i can resize the image to it's native size using the ruler in the photo against the ruler in the editor.
Then i go online and start researching the fonts until i have all the right characters i need to retype the label.
These labels required over a half dozen fonts to create.
Any graphics an icons i redraw as necessary.
Once the drawing is completed i group them together and make it a 1:1 PDF for printing purposes.


Also while having fun drawing in the computer I tested my artistic skill by making a label placement drawing
I decided it would be best to document the locations as fewer and fewer radios have the labels intact as time goes on.
The labels were at the same locations on the two units that had label residue, so that appears to be consistent and original.

The attached drawings are not a PDF, they won't print very well, if you want the PDF to print proper i will send it to anyone who asks, just PM me with an email address.