HMV 64-52 Little Nipper Radio Restore 1957-58 

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Great job Dave! That radio looks very nice with the newly painted face. I originally thought those Polystyrene caps ( seen at

Your SUPERIOR work as usual. Thanks for the look in.

Polystyrene capacitors should be saved, in my years of experience they are one of the best quality capacitors ever made. They are not made anymore, they were just too expensive to manufacture. I only found one bad polystyrene capacitor in quite some years of work, and even that one had chemically reacted to a wire's insulation that was touching it for 50 years. A quick story: back in the 70s one of my relatives used to run a TV repair shop. One common issue with TVs was boost capacitor failing (the one that must withstand voltage pulses and high DC voltage, and also high temperatures since it is near line transformer). Other shops usually just put a new paper capacitor that would fail again in few years, but he always put in a 1500V rated polystyrene cap and it never failed again.

Literally said "Yay!" when this appeared after a refresh.

Very glad that you're back Dave with a new video! Cheers Mate!!

I have No idea of anything to do with old radios but I watch anyway. My favorite part is when you restore the cases 😃

Well summed up with “honest little radio”. It’s a great, lovely sounding little set and good to see you back with another vid.

Was really happy to see another one of your videos.

I'm sitting here sipping iced tea with the dog and watching the video. We really enjoyed it. The projects are much appreciated. One of these days it seems that I am going to also break down and buy a 3D printer.... :-)

so much care .. and such wonderful results... my week is complete!!!! another baby saved David!!!

So glad you went back to your normal theme intro music!

Welcome back David! You were not gone long but to us too long!

Nice restore! Times 2 LOL. 3D Printer is a wow factor!

Cracker of a radio nice in the 2 tone colors pleased it turned out well with the painting.

We owned the same model Nipper in the 60s and can remember my dad listening to the races on it. It brought back some fond memories. Thanks for posting.

I find the alignment procedure very satisfying to watch for whatever reason...

Another great job, David!! Just wanted to add, that you always go the distance. Here in

No detail too small for David, as usual Beautiful work.

I second @Gary Cunningham 's "honest little radio" comment, and add the term "well loved, and into another century", to complete the commentary. All the best, Tim