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Old 10-19-2008, 10:15 AM
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On my 107's, the clock needles were easy and the rest were not.

I had good luck painting on the mechanism (WITH PAPER UNDER THE NEEDLES PROTECTING THE GAUGE FACES!) with Testor's signal orange modeling paint and a modeling brush. No fade so far after 3+ years.

Caution: be very careful around the oil gauge area, to use the minimal amount of paint possible where the stop for the oil gauge meets the needle. Mine will stick in hot weather if I leave the car in the sun and I have to tap the dash to get it to pop up.
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