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Once in a while they fall in your lap, not in mine that often. I got an email from a gentleman in NH who had found this set in a cottage he bought in 1984. He had used it and it had fallen into disrepair. It is in pretty good shape I am told and for the price of shipping, not much$ from NH, it is mine. Fellow could not bear to throw out. Fellow with the radio is a restorer, restored a WW2 training plane, a bi plane, open cockpit, they fly it now!
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_tran...250_i.html
So I hope it works out.
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That's a fun set to work on, will look snazzy when you paint the cainet.
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Snazzy is my goal.
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I have a 48-250 and a 49-504. These sets are very common, and, since they both needed new paint jobs to conceal crack repairs, I decided to spruce mine up a bit. Not factory correct colors, of course, but I think they look decent. These two sets actually get more compliments than any other radio in my collection. Go figure.
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I hope to get as nice, very sharp.
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Set arrived today, in fine shape, labela intact, dial glass Ok but shows a tiny bit of flaking, original back, and service label from Carl's TV Radio Natick Ma.
A nice litttle set.
Paul
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BTW Greg, what do you do? Fine steel wool, spray can paint? What Type?
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Greg, Those are beauties! 
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Congrats on the radio, Paul! I usually start with sandpaper, sanding with various grits getting finer each time, to get most of the old original paint off. Once it's nice and smooth, I spray it with a light grey primer. Then wet sand it, and spray with enamel paint. It takes longer to dry, but the enamel paint is more durable and more concealing than lacquer, IMO. Neither of those radios are clear coated. Just the enamel paint finish.
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