Pilot 'Little Maestro'

[dennishoy]

Ok, after a total of 6 hours of scrubbing and cleaning, most of the original white paint came off. Nitromors only softened it and it had to be removed by abrasion; after a quick check, it was found to contain lead and was probably white lead primer and the reason why it stuck so well to the bakelite. There are still odd specks of paint in the corners around the speaker grille, but quite frankly I've spent too long on something salvaged for 'valves only'.

I'm not going to repaint it after all the effort needed to strip it so it's staying as brown bakelite with white knobs. On to the chassis tomorrow.....