Hi gang, thank you for all the encouragement!
I'm pretty happy with the results so far but it could be better.
The dial was printed (in reverse) by Kinkos on transparent plastic with a
Laser printer then I sprayed it with gold to get the background,
this looks great but the problem I'm having is finding self
adhesive media large enough to print on that will also run through
a laser printer, most transparent media is 8.5X11 but the dial is
16.5" long.
I was told about something called clear acetate with a peel and
stick backing but I haven't had much luck finding it around here.
I was wondering if water slide decal paper might work?
Again though it's
tough to find in the right size without ordering a large quantity at a high price.
Here are a couple pictures showing the process, the first is with
the gold removed but the damage is not yet repaired, the second is
a sample of the finished product showing the shadowing, it's
actually off white or slightly blue, it is visible on my current
dial but it's more of a dark shadow not a white outline like it
originally was.
It took at least 10-12 hours with Photoshop to repair this thing, it literally had to be redrawn completely to get it to this point.
The small lettering is not from the original scan but was typed in with Pshop using the Lucidia Console Font.
I was even able to get the part number and "Made in U.S.A." back on it.
I was lucky that it was intact enough to restore.