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This is the chassis of a Cossor 373 three valve 1930s battery TRF prior to restoration. With the mouse over the picture, you see the top of the same chassis - fully restored. The MES bulb on the rear chassis runner acts as a safety fuse. A view of the cabinet of the completed restoration is immediately below. |  |
| Hover mouse on above picture (no click) to see restored chassis | ||
| The finished Cossor receiver. | 
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| This Ferguson 'Flight' AM/FM receiver had a cream sprayed Bakelite cabinet which appeared to have been used as a chopping block; bits were missing all around the overlapping front edge and a particularly large chunk was missing from a corner. The paint was stripped away and repairs were carried out using Milliput two-part resin compound. The repair work was finished by several carefully applied layers of spray paint. | 
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| This Goblin 'Time Spot' receiver was a straightforward restoration other than this appalling damage to the cabinet. What you see on the first picture is a repair of the substrate ply by means of two-part wood filler - there was a quite large and jagged hole to be filled. Once completed, a section of veneer was chosen to match as near as possible the original for colour and grain then fitted over the filled area. The finish was by toner aerosol to hide the slight inevitable differences. |  |
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Hover mouse on picture below (no click) to see restored cabinet |
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cabinet of the Aerodyne 'DRAKE' above was re-topped and re-veneered. An
article describing this restoration was featured in Radio Bygones,
April/May 2006 All rights reserved. © VRW 2006/2010
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