I'm fairly sure I've got one with that dial Dennis, so when I get chance to have a furtle about in the loft, I'll see if I can find it and scan it.
I think it's one of the more arttractive dials in the Little Maestro range. This model did actually leave the factory in a range of colurs sprayed over the Bakelite as it very much went out of fashion as it looked so sombre. When I was a kid in the 40's Bakelite was never really highly regarded and was often seen as an inferior 'mass produced' substitute for wood, though at least it doesn't get woodworm, and if treated with care, is very durable.
The one that I have is in a gaudy turquuiose colour which I thought was a DIY 'paint job', but I later found it was a standard colour. I got an aerosol colour matched for it, but have yet to renovate the radio. (I'm presently dithering over whether to next tackle a 1930s Ekco A77, which would be a major total stripdown. My interest has been re-awakened as Robert Darwent recalled that I had one with a poor dial, and he alerted me to the fact that Ben Dijkman in the Netherlands has now produced a dial for the A77 at a reasonable 25 Euro).
I think it's one of the more arttractive dials in the Little Maestro range. This model did actually leave the factory in a range of colurs sprayed over the Bakelite as it very much went out of fashion as it looked so sombre. When I was a kid in the 40's Bakelite was never really highly regarded and was often seen as an inferior 'mass produced' substitute for wood, though at least it doesn't get woodworm, and if treated with care, is very durable.
The one that I have is in a gaudy turquuiose colour which I thought was a DIY 'paint job', but I later found it was a standard colour. I got an aerosol colour matched for it, but have yet to renovate the radio. (I'm presently dithering over whether to next tackle a 1930s Ekco A77, which would be a major total stripdown. My interest has been re-awakened as Robert Darwent recalled that I had one with a poor dial, and he alerted me to the fact that Ben Dijkman in the Netherlands has now produced a dial for the A77 at a reasonable 25 Euro).
Regards, David.
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'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
