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I'm going to throw a curveball in this thread, just something a little different, but definitely radio related. Enjoy
My restored EICO model 324 signal generator.
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pretty neat. never seen one with a light in it
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I have a Eico model 324 and it has a light in it .,. I thought all of them have lights in them.. If you have one maybe the bulb is burnt out.
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My favourite dial is also quite plain... I just love how it looks. 1935 Philips (NZ) P516
And my favourite coloured dial. 1936 Airline 62-316. I just wish they'd thought harder about the shadow plate for the band indicator - its a round metal disc so half the band names are not (ever) illuminated.
And the most frustrating dial I've restored - a Courtenay model 95 DW. The dial was toast from UV or age, not sure which. I began recreating it by hand, pixel by pixel over a scan of what was left... and eventually taught myself some tricks along the way... 2 years later, I had a passable impersonation.
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Wow Steve, that is awesome! It amazes me when one makes something from nothing! Looks super!
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A Sparton model 108 mirror dial
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My 1937 Grunow Teledial model 588 gives off some sweet dial candy with the dial light mounted behind the dial pointer....
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Grunow 1291B Teledial
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1936 Stewart Warner "cube" model 1691
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This dial is from my latest console, A Marconi model 85. It is 9 1/2 inches across. I had to make a new dial cover for it out of plastic.
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This is a Deforest Crosley model 10-60, Cannaught.
It has no dial, just a moving light that travels around. In short wave , another light of a different color moves
around.
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Here is the lit up dial of my 1933 Zenith 617. The shadowmeter is there, just not closed very far.
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steve
super nice zenith
you should post your site with some pics very interesting
sam
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Thank you Sam!
Here is my webpage I put together showing restoration of it.
http://www.theradiofox.com/zenith/1933/617/index.html
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