[jrblasde]

Nicely done! Looks like you won’t be needing those mica sheets just yet.

[morzh]

Yeah, I would have to take out the cap again: the access to those screws is highly obstructed with the cap already installed, and it seems both padders worked well the way they are.

[morzh]

I assembled the radio, having given it a good wipe with Goop.
This is how the paper towel looked after just one swipe:
   


The video of fully assembled radio is here. It is, as usual, in my basement and fitted with a 3-ft piece of wire for an antenna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWVxogmsGo

This concludes this project, more or less.