[regel_1999]

I don't really know how others refinish their dial plates, but with the radio I bought (a philco 42-327) the dial plate was badly damaged with the paint/decal coming off the glass. I used to work at a photo place where we refinished old pictures. I decided to use this same procedure and have posted the before and after picture on my photobucket account.

I used a program called GIMP (graphical image manipulation program). The reason - it's as good as photoshop and it's completely FREE!

All I have left to do is clean the old plate and go get kinko's to print a sticker for me... I'll use clear sticker paper and probably have to exact-o knife out a piece or two, but otherwise it ought to turn out well. I'll show everyone when I get the whole thing done. If you too own a philco 42-327 and would like a copy of the file, just PM me and I'll send you a full sized copy in the right height/length proportions.

Thanks to everyone for their help, hope this helps someone too!

Before:
[Image: http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558.../Scan1.jpg]

and after:
[Image: http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558...42-327.jpg]

NOTE: it looks like the images were cropped. The whole picture can be seen below:
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558...42-327.jpg
and
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558.../Scan1.jpg