Truetone and Sentinel battery farm radios

[radiotvnut]

Here are two 1.5V/90V battery operated tube radios that were made shortly after WWII ended.

The first one is a Truetone (Western Auto) and this is a 5-tube set with TRF stage; so, it should be a good performer. I don't know who actually built it; but, I've seen the same chassis in a Ward's Airline.

The second one is a 4-tube Sentinel and this one has some shipping damage. The sender wrapped it well in bubblewrap; but, failed to put any kind of padding inside the set to cushion the chassis. The result was that the chassis mounts broke loose from the cabinet and the thin plastic dial scale was busted from the chassis moving around. I contacted the seller and he refunded most of my money for the radio. I think I can fix the chassis mounts; but, the only thing I know to do for the broken dial is to send it to one of these companies who makes reproduction radio dials and see if they can custom make one for me.