[mikethedruid]

Well, the electronics work is done, and the HQ-129 works quite well. I ordered a set of chicken head knobs and a pair of what appeared to be original style tuning knobs when I went back to work on the radio, and, after so long away from it could not remember where I had put the knobs I took off. Of course, as always happens, I found the knobs I had taken off right where I had left them, in a plastic bag in the bottom drawer of my work bench ! I had looked a number of times, but somehow missed them. If they were a dog they would have bit me ! Anyway, the radio looks even better with these knobs. The main tuning and bandspread knobs are very close to the originals, and allow one to see the lettering "MAIN TUNING" and "BAND SPREAD", which the knobs that came with it did not. So, now all I really have to do is strip and re-paint the cabinet. I am seriously considering having it "dipped" like they do with car bodies. It will get off all the old layers of paint and allow me a fresh start. That can all wait until the weather warms up some. So, here's what the radio looks like with the new knobs....
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