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I like that dial and the Knobs with the logo on them.

Paul

I'm quite fond of the look as well.  I guess Philips had money to throw at custom knobs.  The dial is similar in size and shape to the Pacific set I posted in here a while back... I suspect it was a standard size and fitment for RCNZ at the time.  I'm pretty sure the dial glass (plastic) will fit both.

 I like how you left the cabinet somewhat weathered. Looks like the underneath is in good shape; no rodents made it in there. Lot of cleaning on top side of chassis, but should clean up nicely. Did you check the coils and tranny yet?
 Good luck with restoration.

Oh, there were plenty of rodent droppings to go along with the birds little calling card... but the damage they did was very minimal thankfully.

Yes, all coils ohmed out ok - one has been replaced in the past (aerial coil) - but there is an original RCNZ coil in the other chassis so I think I'll swap them over.  The power TX is fine, but the HT lines were rubber - so I've replaced them with cloth.  I also noticed one of the 6.3V lines to the rectifier has been arcing through the insulation to the chassis... interesting...

All the caps are done, the tone control was disconnected, part of that cct was removed and the control is shot so I need to replace that and fit the missing cap.  Fortunately its fitted in the other chassis so I can follow it.  Its pretty much ready to fire up and test, just a little bit more to do.  I've painted the transformer cap because that was rusty and I'm unlikely to ever pull that apart again - so while it was apart to replace the wires I thought I should just do it.  Then I start thinking, "maybe I should just strip a bit more..."... its a slippery slope! lol... but its a 1-day job, not a full resto... or is it...

I'm building up a schematic for it too since there isn't any service info for this model anywhere.  Its mostly done but its considerably more time consuming and mind-bending than following an existing schematic to rebuild a chassis.  Its also made slightly more complex by using Philips tubes and style which does not follow what I'm used to.  I'm getting there though.  Having two chassis' helps and hinders since there are subtle variations.  A friend also has one, but his uses gold series 4V valves rather than the red series 6.3's so thats another variation to consider.

Getting there slowly, but not as slowly as usual