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Old 19th Jun 2018, 3:09 pm   #41
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

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plastic Pudding bowls make a good replacement for the 'Bowler hat'
Humm.. Xmas pudding with cherries on it?
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Old 19th Jun 2018, 4:05 pm   #42
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Pudding bowls make a good replacement for the 'Bowler hat'
M&S do individual rhubarb crumbles (two to pack) and they are black plastic.

The Pye screen images looks really good.

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Old 20th Jun 2018, 7:38 am   #43
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

Here is one of my LV20's back after fitting a replacement 'Bowler', this was a cottage cheese container that was the right diameter.
A quick spray of satin black completed the job

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Old 20th Jun 2018, 9:07 am   #44
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

Photo of the back of my B18T (LV20 looks the same).
hope this helps.

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Old 21st Jun 2018, 1:46 pm   #45
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

Hi John,
The finished set looks great. How did you save the PYE logo whilst rubbing off the lacquer around it?

Regarding the tube neck bowl, there are two types, one made of papier-mache and one made from Aluminium (as in Jac's photo).
Quite frankly all this talk of pudding bowls is too much, I shall have to find some to get my teeth into

Cheers
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Old 21st Jun 2018, 5:40 pm   #46
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It looks great. However, I'm sure the fun police would not aprove of your use of vintage wood stain containing solvents. You need protecting from yourself, I mean, I bet you didn't even wear a hard hat whilst applying such dangerous chemicals to the cabinet!!

As a good citizen you should use lovely water based stuff which will react with the wood glue and loosen all the joints whilst making the veneers swell up, so that you have no choice but to buy a nice new flat screen TV
I've got four tins of Colron spirit dye from the 70s. Smells great, works great and you can mix them. Wouldn't be without them. They'll see me out..

Great job BTW!
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Old 21st Jun 2018, 5:58 pm   #47
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

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Photo of the back of my B18T (LV20 looks the same).
hope this helps.
Perhaps my rhubard pots aren't so good after all.

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Old 21st Jun 2018, 9:51 pm   #48
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Default Re: PYE LV20/B18T 1948. Heart transplant.

Stop all this Rhubarb crumble pot nonsense. I bought 12 just in case I damaged one during conversion. I just needed to add ice cream. After another 12 pots of Strawberry trifle I was not in a fit state to make a decision so the making of the bowler hat will have to wait until I again visit Tesco Stores.

Very simple Peter. I just held an old 2/- piece hard against the Pye logo while I rubbed away the varnish around it. Simple but it worked a treat.

No doubt about it. These little Pye B18T's really do give a picture of good entertainment value. The test is if you can watch a good programme and don't feel you are 'missing' something.
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