Philips 22RL962 Finally !

So after years of collecting and boomboxes beside walkmans I found the first ever .



Not that I was really after it on eBay etc but always hoping that some day I'll find one out in the wild and that's exactly what happened a while ago.
The good news is that it was in really good condition , a typical service followed and everything works just fine , what impressed me most was the exceptional radio reception especially the Long wave sensitivity to the few stations that have been left in the world.
The bad news is that it's missing the transparent cassette section cover and the plastic ivory/plastic cassette control button , I have a friend who makes a living out of 3D printing and he is willing to help .
We know that to achive real (smoked) transparency the cover will need a great deal of post processing and a clear coating .
Now all we need is the 3D files for these two parts , I know it's a long shot , not only this is an extremely rare boombox but even if someone has it he must also be willing to get in to the trouble to scan the parts , either way I'm leaving the message here just in case.


Photos of the actual boombox will follow after I finish the detailing I'm doing right now on another post .
Really happy with with the find even without the missing parts.

 

Cool that you found one. Congratulations! This boombox was a key factor in the boombox's development. The fact that it's incomplete isn't a problem imo. It's rare and old enough that completeness isn't really important. Mine is missing the battery cover, but it still works fine. The radio reception is indeed extremely good compared to many modern versions. I also think it sounds great

Can you perhaps take the missing cassette button from a standard old EL cassette recorder? I think that should fit easily. These recorders are also much less rare than this boombox. You won't be making the transparent cassette cover with a 3D printer. I don't think that will ever work. A laser cutter, smoked plexiglass and glue are a better solution for that. Or a vacuum former. Only in that case, the material will be considerably thinner than the original.

Nice, I'm curious to see the photos after the detailing!

 

The detailing is going to take a while , it's very thorough and the process is slow but here is the progress so far.





The texture of the upper plastic cover is mimicking leather which is pleasing to the eye although very difficult to clean properly the "valleys" of the texture .


And yes I polished the inside of the screw head.

The speaker grill mesh was a bit challenging , not only I had to straighten it out but I had also to remove the thick layer of glue that the previous owner had applied and as if that wasn't enough I had to remove also the glue from the square holes of the mesh with countless toothpicks !



This is a quality product , I had to be very careful not to remove the paint along with the dirt from the U - FM , this part presumably is photo etched , no silk screening here , built for heavy usage.



I love this handle, brushed metal plated and probably real leather , rather time consuming cleaning this part also.



The plastic surfaces of this boombox seem to have a satin finish from the factory , perhaps I over polished the floor where the cassette sits but I had to remove a stain probably from a cleaning agent or something .



Somebody in the past 60 or so years overtighten the screw with an outcome that sadly I can do nothing about it.



I'm not satisfied yet with the cleaning of the vinyl leather that is wrapped around the sides and the back of the boombox which is partially disassembled externally for the moment , some tiny parts you don't see in the photos are waiting for the final assembly.



Thank you guys for the advice regarding the cover , what I'm actually looking for is to replicate it otherwise it doesn't bother me that much.

 

My friend makes and sells glasses frames with 3D printing out of corn they are very nice and rigid , this technology moves fast.

Didn't think of that I'll try it .