09-01-2026, 05:33 PM
Rod;
That is an interesting question, the 511 series sets, other then the Spanish Brown, were ostensibly hand painted, at least the flowers and other motifs were. So did they use the same finish on the regular Spanish brown sets as they did on the 512, 513, 514? In any event getting an exact match to fix the chips and scratches would be tricky without it showing, and I am not sure if it's worth it. It looks to me like they may have put on a yellowish light brown coat as a base layer, and then coated over it with a tinted coat, going heavier along the moldings, then either the pinstripes next, or a clear coat on top, but without seeing it I'm only speculating. Think it's basically it's finished like a guitar body. The RCA Radiola 33s had a similar look, but with a faux wood grain, but they unfortunately used pot metal castings around the lid, and the corners, it was basically a cut price Radiola 17 or 18.
With regard to the chassis Philco certainly wanted to get their money's worth out of those pan style chassis, I think they were using it in one form or another up until 1933 on the 112 and 115. My model 96 has one that is very similar other then tube count, all they did was punch the holes differently for different models.
Regards
Arran
That is an interesting question, the 511 series sets, other then the Spanish Brown, were ostensibly hand painted, at least the flowers and other motifs were. So did they use the same finish on the regular Spanish brown sets as they did on the 512, 513, 514? In any event getting an exact match to fix the chips and scratches would be tricky without it showing, and I am not sure if it's worth it. It looks to me like they may have put on a yellowish light brown coat as a base layer, and then coated over it with a tinted coat, going heavier along the moldings, then either the pinstripes next, or a clear coat on top, but without seeing it I'm only speculating. Think it's basically it's finished like a guitar body. The RCA Radiola 33s had a similar look, but with a faux wood grain, but they unfortunately used pot metal castings around the lid, and the corners, it was basically a cut price Radiola 17 or 18.
With regard to the chassis Philco certainly wanted to get their money's worth out of those pan style chassis, I think they were using it in one form or another up until 1933 on the 112 and 115. My model 96 has one that is very similar other then tube count, all they did was punch the holes differently for different models.
Regards
Arran
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