I have one battery door but i am to fearful too part with it even for this LMAO as they are extremely rare and should it go missing in the post I will be gutted!

I would be perfectly happy to make a mold myself if told how to do it, i am very intuitive and pickup real quick at all things DIY. SO the offer is there anyways.

Hopefully Ron can do something maybe…he’s a good guy that you can trust completely BTW!

I have thought about making the plastic doors myself actually as I need another two and I would actually like to have about 10-20 on hand for future Sovtek purchases. If someone doesn’t beat me to it i will eventually make some myself anyways. I know Kit also is interested in this as he has mention it to me previously.

There are actually two different sizes of the plastic battery door that fit the different Sontek cast aluminum enclosures, so you would have to decide which to make, or both. One won’t fit all the big box Sovteks. Probably the one that fit the early green Russians is more prevalent. Problem is, the damn things are so loose they would just fall out again. It would help if they were reengineered a bit.

I have both, so if Ron can’t help, let me know.

I’m interested in getting knobs if you plan on making plenty!

Yeah, even with the battery door i still need to use clear tape over it so they are pretty well useless.

I never knew about the two different sizes, what muffs the other size for,CW, RAOD???

The RAO, CW, and some green green CW all used the first version, and fit the first version die cast box. The second edition green Civil War Muffs changed to the new die cast box – the one with ridged sides, and got a new battery door to fit it. The first edition green Russians used this same box and door. One door was wider and longer than the other. Neither had much of a detente to hold them in place.

Here is the later one, from the green Russians.

And here is the earlier one from the RAO and Civil War Muffs. Some of these were red plastic.

Hey did this project ever fly?

They’re worth whatever you want to pay to have them. I wouldn’t pay more than $10-20.

I got some NOS triangle-ish knobs.
Close up, and under strong light, they’re almost tortoishell colour though instead of black. Look like they belong on nasty 70s furniture

I’d be in for a battery door though if these were ever made…