The PHILCO Phorum

 With the weather cooperating I decided to get this one finished. Its been sitting in the basement for 2 years.
The damage was there when I got it.




 After stripping.


 This is after some toner and 3 coats lacquer. It was darker than the picture but still not right.


 I had to order more extra dark walnut I had ran out. Little better now.


  After decal and 4 more coats lacquer. Don't know if I should just wait a few weeks and rub it out and polish or sand it again and apply more lacquer. Looks pretty good as is.


  I still have to paint the stripes on the front.

Very nice!

Just went through the same process in September on my model 16:

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  Very good looking Greg.   These big cabinets are a lot of work , but I do enjoy it.  If I may ask ... what did you use to paint the ivory colored stripes with?

Thanks Mike. I actually used Testors gloss white and a microbrush to paint the stripes. Carefully masking the area around the stripes off using Scotch 3M 1/4 wide plastic tape. The Testors model paint 'flows' nicely in the grooves for the stripes with the microbrush.

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Thank you, I will give that a try.

Beautiful!
Both of you...

I will get to mine in the spring

Me

WOW,,very very nice job

Very dashing!

Beautiful job!

Beautiful job on the radio indeed..Give yourself a hand!  

Thanks guys. Just waiting on some grill cloth and should get it completed.