+1 on all the kudos for Banderson's restoration skills. Outstanding work. On both this GE and the Philco on the other thread.
I bought the GE 810 shown (far left) at last spring's ETF convention:
It didn't take much to electronically get it going. It was already mostly restored by the previous owner and then seemingly abandoned.
He did all the paper caps but left the original electrolytics. They were bad when I got it, but maybe they were fine when he restored it. It needed a CRT cleaning (Beltron stage 2) and some loose wires reconnected and the alignment touched up. Other than that, it rocks.
So +1 on the comments about it being a great performer.
I didn't do any cosmetics, the cabinet was basically flawless as-is. FWIW I think the original grille cloth must have been unsalvageable. Anyway, thought you might like to see a slight grille cloth mod that I think looks pretty good.
He painted the CRT opening neutral gray instead of green. I don't hate that mod either.
I also have a fairly pristine, untouched, original GE-810 that's museum grade. I've never plugged it in and don't intend to. The only thing I don't like about it is the grille cloth. Seems like they went kinda cheap for such a nice set. Either that or the cloth just ages badly over 60 years. I bet when they were new, the yarn fuzzies filled in the loose weave and you couldn't see through it so much.
If I were doing Banderson's set I think I would try to find a plain cream-colored replacement, to keep it looking stock, but I would try to find a tighter weave and fuller fabric. Would really improve its look. Just my 2 cents.