[kiwi_steve]

Wow, Looking good buddy!

Thanks, thats high praise indeed.

Well, to the untrained eye its finished.  Thanks to Henry I have a dial drive belt coming - because this set has resisted all attempts to have something cludged in its place.  The closest I got was actually using the same high speed tape I used to insulate the LED strip from the metalwork... this worked perfectly for a few hours and then it split, and it showed signs of having started to crack in other places as well - either its expiry date of 1987 played a part or its just not designed to be cut into a 3/16" strip and taped to itself in a band under tension.

I've also just realised I still haven't screwed the padder back to the chassis - and when I looked at it the other day it looked like a nightmare because the bolts are right under the tuning cap.

I also have two knobs that I think are right, and one I found in my collection that looked ok with them... all three need cleaned up and finished.

I've manually set the station to the one I mostly listen to, and put it all away for the time being because I started another one yesterday thinking I could knock it out in a day... what was I thinking?! lol  Anyway, more on that shortly in another thread...

Here's a reminder of how it looked when I decided to find out just what the heck it was:

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And what a little(?!) spit'n'polish can do:

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[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...7qj23c.jpg]

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I'm pleased with the result... but I'm also pleased I'm nearly done.