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Phlogiston
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05-21-2019, 10:20 AM
- as mentioned on "recent finds".

I am going to have to limit my lifting to radios that have 10 tubes or less. Getting this on the bench is a REAL pain - -

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05-21-2019, 01:57 PM
Looks great Russ. They are heavy!!
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05-22-2019, 08:18 PM
That'll do!!!

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05-23-2019, 11:33 PM
Looks fantastic, Russ!

Based on other shouldered 116Bs I've seen, I think you're correct that Van Dyke brown (which looks great on 1934/35 Philcos like the Butterfly) would be too dark on this radio. What you've done there looks spectacular.

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05-24-2019, 07:12 PM
You need one of these!
I just got one off eBay and will be scanning it... Some day, lol


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05-24-2019, 09:32 PM
Having one would be cool.

 I have quite a few radios w/manuals. Unlike almost everything else, I never did an inventory of which radios have them and which don't. Not that I am the kind of person that reads a manual anyway - -
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