Can you put a name to this radio? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

PJL · 3rd Jun 2009, 8:30 pm

It has a metal back but the label has long since gone. Anyone any ideas?

MichaelR · 3rd Jun 2009, 8:43 pm

PJL

That is a ferranti Model546, sold during 1946 a lovely little 4 valve superhet. A very nice looking compact unit.

Mike

PJL · 3rd Jun 2009, 9:36 pm

Thanks Mike, paintwork is a little worn but the chassis is in tidy and untouched condition.

David G4EBT · 3rd Jun 2009, 10:10 pm

I've got one - they spray up nicely with acrylic car paint of a suitable colour - take your pick at Halfords! Don't strip the paint off, just rub it down with say 400 - 1000 grit wet and dry. Acrylic paint builds nicely with two or three coats, but you could give it a coat of white acrylic primer first.

The lettering is coming off the dial on mine, but I've left it alone.

If I recall correctly, the metal backplate doubles as an 'aerial'. It makes a change from the all too common brittle, scroched brown cardboard, or worse still, no back at all!

"It's got no back on" has become a generic term in our household for anything which is a bit naff or below par. It could be a chipped vase, blunt garden shears or dented wing on a car.

Mad or what?

Don't put me in a home...

David
G4EBT

3rd Jun 2009, 8:30 pm	#1
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3rd Jun 2009, 8:43 pm	#2
MichaelR Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,587	Re: Can you put a name to this radio? PJL That is a ferranti Model546, sold during 1946 a lovely little 4 valve superhet. A very nice looking compact unit. Mike

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PJL Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seaford, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 5,997	Re: Can you put a name to this radio? Thanks Mike, paintwork is a little worn but the chassis is in tidy and untouched condition.

3rd Jun 2009, 10:10 pm	#4
David G4EBT Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 5,765	Re: Can you put a name to this radio? I've got one - they spray up nicely with acrylic car paint of a suitable colour - take your pick at Halfords! Don't strip the paint off, just rub it down with say 400 - 1000 grit wet and dry. Acrylic paint builds nicely with two or three coats, but you could give it a coat of white acrylic primer first. The lettering is coming off the dial on mine, but I've left it alone. If I recall correctly, the metal backplate doubles as an 'aerial'. It makes a change from the all too common brittle, scroched brown cardboard, or worse still, no back at all! "It's got no back on" has become a generic term in our household for anything which is a bit naff or below par. It could be a chipped vase, blunt garden shears or dented wing on a car. Mad or what? Don't put me in a home... David G4EBT