I finally got around to have another (better) F1 handset powder coated, it came out good (not great), I'm happy with the results it looks good on the phone, I also painted the side of the dial to match the phone, and the plungers as well, I added brown cloth cords, I looked and really could not find a good color match, so I went with the brown. I think the blue and brown go good.
Scot