[Phlogiston]

Big sucker. Works good too.

At my blog - more picture, movie and such.

http://www.russoldradios.com/blog

   

[klondike98]

[KCMike]

 Beautiful restoration.   I Really like your web site also.

[SteveG]

Russ,
Incredibly beautiful! Must be hard to pick a favorite out of all yours, right?
Steve

[Fred Taylor]

Great job Russ, beautiful radio. I love your work and you have inspired me to do the same.

[Phlogiston]

Great job Russ, beautiful radio. I love your work and you have inspired me to do the same.

Thanks Fred & everybody.

Yes it is tough to pick one. You know that I have a Strat but I can't say that it is my favorite. It is fun to play with. I am attracted to the older radios like my Federal 59 - a lot of the battery powered sets.

In a head to head comparison the 1935 M-125 is not that inferior to the 1935 1000Z. If GE had installed a tweeter and used a little more output than 42s their performance would be similar. In both cases the reception above 25mhz is more show than go and even if it was better there is seldom anything up there.

I haven't counted but the collection must be somewhere around 300 radios with 50 or so chairsides and consoles. We decided today that I am going to have to build onto the shop/museum starting next spring. Now all I have to do is pay for it. I need to get some plans drawn up. Going to add solar to a awning (I will not put panels on a roof if there is an option) Anyway, I need about another 1000 sq. ft. It will make it easier to organize the display in a meaningful way - manufacture/type/ period and so on.

Bob, you know anything about driving nails?

[klondike98]

Bob, you know anything about driving nails?

Ha ha... I've driven a few in my day Russ but I don't do roofs or high ladders these days...

[palegreenthumb]

Russ, the M-125 is an all-time favorite of mine. Finding one with all the decorative ferns in-tact is a rarity. I thought they were pot metal, didn't realize till your post that they're repwood.

Congrats, very nice!

[gregb]

Fantastic job Russ! I just recently did an electronic restoration on one for a customer and it is a pretty impressive radio.
The ferns on this one were all intact and the cabinet was in very good original condition, had it been mine I would have done nothing more than a clean up.

Gregb

[Phlogiston]

Fantastic job Russ! I just recently did an electronic restoration on one for a customer and it is a pretty impressive radio.
The ferns on this one were all intact and the cabinet was in very good original condition, had it been mine I would have done nothing more than a clean up.

Gregb

The cabinet on mine was also in good shape but the finish had darkened so much that the beauty had been lost.