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The new paint was done yesterday afternoon.
Today, I redid the finder base and the primary backplate.
The front of the corrector plate is now spotless (came away as a BLACK kimwipe!). The primary was spotless already (and looks like it won't need a resilver for even another 20 years).
All mounting hardware either resprayed satin black, or cleaned with turpentine.
Interior blackening is FLAWLESS and VERY non-reflective, so nothing required there. Front tube cap resprayed satin black, with a touch of personalisation that will be revealed when it is finished. New data plate arrived from my printer today.
Starting on cleaning the visual back and focuser.
Decided at this point to use an new old-stock Vixen finder, as I find the Intes finder NOT user friendly eye-relief wise (for me). I may yet modify and fit a Baader Vixen shoe onto the spare screw spots.
This one was too far gone exterior finish wise to keep it totally original, hence I had the data plate made that indicates "RESTORED 11-18". No bluff and BS here. It is what it is.
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