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Originally Posted by Electronic M
One day I'd like to own one. 2 years ago I owned an older Airline console where the dial scale was printed on normal material but with the set off there was no dial pointer visible...the dial pointer was behind the scale. It was a transparent green triangle with a completely clear white stripe in the center with a dial lamp behind it...so in opperation the dial would have a green triangle around your position with a white stripe indicating the exact position rear projected on the dial.
Part of me wishes I had kept it, but it came to me as a surprise give away with 3 other consoles and I didn't have room for it. I did take the time to make it work before I sold it and the cabinet was decent so I suspect the new owner is enjoying it.as it was meant to be.
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Yes, there was many, many unique types of dials and pointers. Philco was big with having a sliver of light behind the rotating dial.
That Airline pointer sounds interesting. I too have parted with sets and regretted it later. You have to really think it over about parting with models that are not easy to find.
The good about this 62-418 model is that you get the movie-dial without having to squeeze a console into your collection. There was basically only 2 styles of tabletop movie-dial radios. This one and another with a different speaker grill. This was the only local opportunity to get one these in all my years of collecting. I'm finding it more appealing in person than in pics.