[TenTec] Re Triton 4 Front Panels

[lciotti at lrlc.us]

On the name on the panel, maybe that can be a decal?   While not original it will all ow the rest to be one panel and then people just get the correct decal for their radio.

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> On May 31, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for everyone that has contacted me.
> 
> Several issues have popped up.
> 
> One, is the name of the panel. Triton IV, Model 540 and Model 544.
> 
> each one would require a different screen to be made ($$) and of course how many of each front panel would be needed?
> 
> The second one I found last night. 
> 
> While working on a Triton IV, I noticed the band switch screening.
> 
> The 3.5 and the 28.5 and 29.5 segments are screened in GREEN.
> 
> That second color means a second trip through the screening process and more than likely a second color screen.
> 
> If everyone could live with one color (black), that would lessen the price of the panels. Personally, I’d like to get it as close to factory as I can.
> 
> I’ll have to talk to the metal fab shop and see.
> 
> To maintain the correct font and character spacing, I’m thinking of scanning the front panel and then photoshop any scanned defects out. A 1:1 emulsion will be produced for the screener. IF this works, it would save me tons of hours of manually trying to match the font.
> 
> (I wonder, if the factory still has the original artwork….bet it went into the dumpster when they moved)
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> BTW…. the front panel is 13.5 inches long. too long for most flat bed scanners..
> 
> 
> Mike WB8VGE
> 
> Mike Bryce
> prosolar at sssnet.com
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