Well said Steve. It's nothing but pure vandalism!
Barry
Looks neat, and you did good job, but for me it is too bright. I rather prefer Chinese a little bit darker red lacquer.nostalgia wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:25 am Okay, so here we go...
No more leg cutting, and here we see the end result of restoring this already crippled 163.
Possibly the first red, yes red, HMV 163?
It very possibly has become a bastard, I am prepared to hear that, or whatever one choose to call it.
BUT, it plays as wonderful as any 163, and I like it a lot better now than in its "original" stripped and re finished condition.
I like it so much, that I have decided not to sell it, but keep it in my bedroom, next to a red recliner, where I can sit close to the oven
on cold winter evenings and play my favorite 78 rpm records
There is only one thing left to do, to attach the new decal, bought from Peru. I have looked at it, but am afraid of destroying it. Does someone know the procedure for removing the decal from the paper? I tried to loosen it with the nails, but it sits pretty hard, so I decided to ask before getting sorry.
PS. The grill cloth is bought from England, from a supplier of tested and tried loudspeaker cloths.
Yes, it looks better in the photos. Thanks.nostalgia wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:08 am I don't know what Chinese lacquer is, and it for sure wouldn't be something I would get in my area. Actually, I had to choose from this red color, or orange, and well..it was an easy decision. But that said, yes...I would also have preferred a somewhat darker red.
Here we can see how it appeared this morning, it is somewhat darker, than the uploaded photos from yesterday, in different light conditions.