Black Widow CPO differences?

Hi all.

I recently picked up a bare Black Widow control panel (well, no sticks, and
no buttons, but the wiring was intact). Anyhow, the overlay at the time of
purchase had several globs of what looked like paint on it so I figured I'd
grab a replacement overlay and restore the CP all of the way before
installing it. The repro overlay arrived yesterday and looks stunning.

The only problem that I have is that my control panel overlay varies a bit
from the repro.

1. The instruction box on the right side on my control panel is blue. The
same instruction box on the repro is green.

2. The web grid "rings" on my overlay are also different from the repro. It
has the following ring colors (from outer edge inward):

blue, pink, orange, blue, blue, pink, yellow, blue, blue, pink orange.

the repro has:

purple, pink, orange, blue, purple, pink, yellow, green, purple, pink,
orange

Any ideas on why the color differences? I pulled out pics of the Black
Widow I owned back in '96 and it had the normal green in the overlay the
same as the repro and the ring coloring is the same as the repro.. I am
stumped. It does not appear to be caused by fading either.

Here are some pics. Notice that the paint globs are gone from the used
control panel, I was able to get the paint off by using a small brass wire
brush. :)

http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-cp-front.jpg
http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-cp-rear.jpg
http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-tag.jpg
http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-overlay.jpg

Input would be appreciated.

-Steve P.

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Received on Fri Mar 18 11:52:14 2005