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7: Dip the legs into a stamp pad. Carefully place the
tower on the base, allowing the bottom tip of each leg
to transfer the stamp ink to the base, instantly creating
accurate points that can be drilled with a pin vise.
With the base complete, we can move to the opposite end
of the tower. Removing the dish and bulb assembly from
the top of the tower leaves a large hole which must be filled
to support the new whip antenna. If the bulb housing was
removed cleanly, cement a short length of Evergreen #105,
.100 x .100” styrene strip into the top of the tower and cut
it flush. This will fill this large hole. The thick factory-applied
red and white paint can be removed with Scalecoat 2 paint
stripper, leaving a clean surface suitable for airbrushing a
dull steel color
After airbrushing, the rebuilt tower can be further tailored
to its new use by adding several antennas suitable for way-
side base stations. A photograph of the Norfolk Southern
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