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It don't look like the original scheme is going to happen. Too much trouble trying to find the right paint. May do it up like another machine that I have. Don't come down on me too hard.
Perhaps it's a good thing, that you can't find the right shade of brown. It is not one of the most impressive color schemes
that Mills used. It even appears to me, that it may have been repainted at one time. What have you detected with the
stripping process so far? What all this boils down to, is paint it whatever colors please you, as it is far past the point of
saving as original. I am confident that you will not be using Candy-Apple colors!
Regarding my "Bonus" color scheme pick above, I do like it better with the gold on the handle, rather than the green. It
does blend-in much better.
Most collectors are not purists, and do not care much about originality, as witnessed by what has sold on eBay, and live
auctions, on a regular basis. One example being the flood of FAKE "Golden Maggets" that clog-up the internet. You may
see one out of a hundred Fakes that are even painted the correct colors. They are done in every color of the rainbow, and
beyond, which is the number one clue, (other than the small pay cups), as to being a complete FAKE. I really feel especially
sorry, for all the newbies in our hobby, that have been snookered with Fakes, before they found out what they ended up
with. Some live auctions, have made a notation, as to some machines that are not original, but when it comes to eBay,
most of the listings are full of so much BS, as to how original it is, because it has been in their family since the 1980's.
Yeah-Right!