I will recap the one that has the folded over picture pretty soon. These aren't very hard at all to work on with the boards that hinge out like that....and you can even run it like that for probing. I'm a bit sad about the 303 that almost certainly has a bad CRT. It's the first set I had in this "micro" collection...and have had it for nearly 20 years. My dad gave that to me.....and I kept it around and would turn it on every few months just to see it run, and catch the dwindling NTSC analog stations until now there are nothing left except the Mexican stations. Now, my dad is gone....and that set is in need of a CRT apparently
The 305 is way too pretty to sacrifice it's CRT for the 303....and only needs the recapping to get the vertical back to normal. I'll keep the 303 around and find a CRT from some basket case 303 or similar. I should have grabbed the one I saw on ebay not too long ago, but I wasn't aware the "silvery" look was likely a CRT problem. In the meantime, I'll likely recap 303 and try to get her as close to perfect again. I want to mostly KEEP that set as is...but working again. It's not a perfect example, but it is how Dad gave it to me. Maybe I will find it's complete antenna someday, because this one only has like the first two sections.
They are REAL easy to clean up Eric. Except for the recapping the 305 still needs, I had taken that set completely to bits to clean up it's cabinet to almost mint looking. It even has a perfect antenna clip (almost ALWAYS broken the forward half). I just gotta wait for a boring weekend and recap it's sweeps board and it'll be effectively "perfect".