[Radioroslyn]

You '50 RCA probably has that hard to find, metal 16 inch CRT doesn't it? I have another combination with one of those and spare parts. Used to have a spare CRT too until it decided to actually crack up the face while I had the CRT tester on it. One moment the tube neck was glowing, I heard a crack, saw a flash inside the tube and that was it. Luckily it didn't implode there in the living room! This one uses a 12LP4, which I have a possible spare of.

Yup it uses a 16GP4 metal cone crt. I got a spare and have '50 Zenith that uses too. Suppose to be lighter and cheaper to construct. You have to be careful when sticking your hand in the back of that set. It had a little paper tag attached with a string to the tuner which is near the back of the crt. When you fired it up the tag would float in midair because of the attraction from the anode voltage(about 12kv) on the back of the cone.

The 16" tube aren't real hard to find but 19" are. Have also heard that they can develop leaks at the glass/metal joint which renders the tube worthless. Too bad about losing the crt nobody is making replacements or rebuilding like in the old days. I guess these things are getting to be real dinosaurs!

So is this a do it your self project???

Terry