Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric H
The bottom doors (one door, one dummy door actually) seem to be a darker color than the top sections, that could just be the different way the grain reflects the light though.
|
Eric,
I definitely have been following this thread and watching for the differences between your 1948 built set and my 1949 built one.
The bottom platform in your set with the 9 holes drilled around the light barrel hole for mounting, definitely proves that my 1949 was not done after it left the factory as it only has three holes. The 1949 8PCS41 is electrically identical to the 9PC41 and apparently always included the remote that was optional in the 9PC41. The remote was not available on the 1948 model.
The grain on the top imitation drawers runs one direction, while the grain on the bottom door and dummy door runs the opposite, so it is expected that light plays differently on these.
The only picture of my 1949 8PCS41 in the sunshine is in the fifth post in the thread at
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=254448
In this picture the angle of the sun makes the bottom seem brighter.
My wife took the picture just as the set was about to jump in the back of my car to follow me home.
By the way, the backside of many of the dummy doors have a surface that does not show and can be used as a testing surface for stain matching.
James