The big problem is the plug for the AC power supply is not a 1/8" (3.5mm) it is 3/32" (2.5mm) the plug is not a problem but you are not going to find a proper 12 VDC power supply with one at Radio Shack.

When it comes to looks the Royal 1000, to me, has the best styling of all of the SS Trans-Oceanics. It was also the last Trans-Oceanic Eugene F. McDonald, "The Commander" designed, he died in 1958. The Royal 1000 was styled after the Leica M3 a camera the "The Commander" returned with from a European tour in the mid' 1950's.