'Figaro Special'

[Yorkie]

Thanks Gary.

At first I tried using normal brown wrapping paper onto which to print the design, but it all seems to be slightly 'striped', which is quite noticeable close up.

Couldn't find any brown A4 sized paper, so I got a large sheet of 'art paper', - don't know what size it is, but it doesn't correspond to A2/3/4 sizes.

I managed to get five A4 pieces out of a sheet with just a bit of waste.

Cheap enough from 'The Range'.

I need to make a bottom for the radio now.

Howard Craven restored a Figaro Special back in 2012 and you can just see the style of the bottom, which is vented with holes, and slides into 'runners' on the underside of the cabinet:

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showt...hp?t=88284

The bottom panel is just visible in this picture and I can see that there are staggered rows of holes:

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/attac...ntid=70734&d=1347920083

I've drawn a sketch of what I think the panel looks like, and have e-mailed the attached sketch to Howard to ask is he'd mind checking it to confirm that I'm on the right lines.

Ordinarily - like most people I guess - I tend to leave the cabinet till last, but I thought I'd sort that out first on this set. I can't see anything untoward about the chassis and no visible signs of tampering, so I'm hoping that 'lady luck' will be on my side! I think they're noted for the selenium rectifier failing, but if so, that easily sorted.  Although it's compact, the chassis isn't too crowded, and the use of an auto-transformer rather than a dropper ensures that there's no excess heat  in the cabinet.