[Adam]

I started with Novus #2, but then ran out of it and picked up some of this Turtle Wax polishing compound at a local hardware store. But the main function of the polishing here was to get the last of the paint off, it's that shiny mainly because the bakelite was so well preserved under the paint for all those years. I've never really found anything that polished bakelite good. I used to be a huge fan of this stuff called Rally Wax, but I've never tried it on bakelite and haven't even seen any in years, I think they stopped making it.

It sounds pretty good, and is much more sensitive than I expected. It has better sound quality than both the other radios in this thread. It's more sensitive than the RCA, but not quite as good as the Zenith. It pulls in stations about as well as my Philco 49-900 hippo, which is surprising because the Philco is a 6-tuber with 2 IFs.

I covered the RCA in my first post, now I'm finishing up the Zenith. In the 1st post, the first 3 pics are the completed radio, the 4th the chassis I used for parts, the 5th the broken cabinet from the other radio.