Daves Colorfull Radios Page 6Welcome to page 6 of Daves Colorfull Radios. During the 1930s the plastic industry grew by leaps and bounds. The different types of molds grew rapidly also. One of the new plastics was Plaskon. This phenolic resin poured and cooled very quickly. More colors could be made with this resin. Also marbleizing or the swirling was more pronounced when done. The advantage of Plaskon over Catalin was that it did not need the hand polishing as part of the process. Over time Plaskon gets quite brittle and will crack or break quite easilly. On this page are some Plaskon and Catalin radios.
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1938 Emerson AU190 Tombstone
In 1938 Emerson brought out the AU 190 tombstone radio. They used Catalin for the radios cabinet. This radio was availible in several solid colors and also swirled colors. The tombstone style was nearing its end by this time. This radio was priced at $29.99. This radio is some what similar to the UA5 model tombstone but with an updated chassis and the cabinet is Catalin not Plaskon. It does have some nice styling touches with the sunburst dial which would appear again on Emersons dials in the 1950s and the surrounding scallop style cut out. Problems soon arose with the radio. Due to the tight clearence of the chassis to the cabinet heat from the tubes would effect the Catalin and it would shrink. Chassis removal became diffacult as best and many cabinets were damaged as a result. Also the chassis was a service nightmare for the service men. Emerson quickly discontinued this model. |
1939 General Electric H 510
Here is the 1939 General Electric model H 510 Plaskon table set radio. This is a nice example of swirled Plaskon. This radio covers from 550kc-1700kc so it is a standard broadcast and police band radio. For many years police radios were in the area of 1600 to 1700kcs on the am band. GE carried the thumbwheels on many of its 1939 table models. With its sweeping curves this radio had very good looks. |
1937 Fada Model 360
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Shown in the picture is a 1937 red and gold trimed Fada model 360 table radio. There are a lot of nice styling touches on this radio. The gold trim, angled side coloums and various embossing. The gold looked good with any of the colors offered on this small table set. This photo is used with permision from Classic Radio Gallery and is copywrited. To visit thier website click on the first link below. Click here to go to Classic Radio Gallery. Click here to go to page 7 of Daves Colorfull Radios. Click here to go back to page 5 of Daves Colorfull Radios. Click here to go back to my homepage. |
