WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
- Mike_K
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WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
It's probably a bit of a long shot, but does anybody have a Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel set with Kraft Hayes joysticks they'd be prepared to sell or possibly swap with something from my collection if you'd prefer. I've included a photo I screen grabbed from eBay a while back so you know exactly what I'm after. In fact, it isn't for me, but for a good friend who's a member of this forum, is too modest to ask.
Thanks, Mike
Thanks, Mike
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
I know a guy in Australia who has one Mike and I did everything I could to procure it from him (for the same modest person I think you're referring to) but his "mine, all mine!" collector's mentality was too strong!
Gary
Gary
- Mike_K
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Thanks, Gary, I'm certain we're talking about the same modest person.
I think I'll get Stuart Mackay on the case. He heard I wanted a Skyleader 4 or 6 to complete my Skyleader collection, but I told him that I doubted there were any left. He only went and found two of them! So one Staveley Analogue with Kraft sticks should be an easy challenge for him
Cheers Mike
I think I'll get Stuart Mackay on the case. He heard I wanted a Skyleader 4 or 6 to complete my Skyleader collection, but I told him that I doubted there were any left. He only went and found two of them! So one Staveley Analogue with Kraft sticks should be an easy challenge for him
Cheers Mike
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Lets hope he can find 2 Mike.. I've been after one for years along with the Blue anodised 4 channel OS propo set.
Shaun
Shaun
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Am already on the case, Mike!Mike_K wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 11:52 Thanks, Gary, I'm certain we're talking about the same modest person.
I think I'll get Stuart Mackay on the case. He heard I wanted a Skyleader 4 or 6 to complete my Skyleader collection, but I told him that I doubted there were any left. He only went and found two of them! So one Staveley Analogue with Kraft sticks should be an easy challenge for him
Cheers Mike
- Mike_K
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Mission accomplished, thanks to a lot of hard work by Stuart!
- Phil_G
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Well, once again - and in the space of only one week - I find myself utterly gobsmacked
The DPD driver beeped at the gate this morning, and puzzled as I wasnt expecting any deliveries, I opened this curious parcel...
What was inside? rip, rip.... a box of Jacobs Cream Crackers! ... that had obviously been opened... had postie been nibbling
my crackers?
Inside the biscuit box was a Staveley Deluxe 4, just like the one my clubmate Dave Hill had, a set I've always wanted - Dad & my (shared) very first propo set was the budget version of the Staveley Analogue 3, with awful stick units (SLM? Horizon?). Funds didnt run to a Deluxe (Kraft-Hayes stick units and mini KPS10 servos) but that was the one we really wanted. I think at the time it cost more than a month of my Dads wages.
Its so satisfying to finally own one, thanks I understand to super-sleuth Stu Mackay who spent hours and hours interrogating his network of contacts until finally one submitted under pressure and gave up the prize
A sincere thank you to Stu and Mike _K for their relentless efforts and for this amazing result - I wish there was a stronger word than gobsmacked but as a simple Yorkshireman I dont know of one. I'm triple-gobsmacked. Thanks lads!
The set was well-gunked with castor-varnish, often a good thing for preservation. The Kraft chrome bezels looked a bit corroded but it turns out that was more caked varnish. Brake-cleaner, a soft cloth and lots of pressured scrubbing brought them up nicely. The case was scrubbed with a Vim solution and a toothbrush (I've lost my 'Barkeepers Friend' somewhere) - theres more scrubbing to do but this is the first pass, not bad for a well-used 1969 radio eh?
I dont feel at all bad converting this as the PCB is quite corroded with green copper sludge through damp. It will be a straight 4 channel set though, no extra switches or buttons, just like the original I never had! Might put it on 35mhz as the original aerial is in good nick too.
Thanks again Mike & Stu, sterling effort!
Cheers
Phil
Edit: I managed to get rid of the dreaded 'Dymo' mess with brake cleaner...
The DPD driver beeped at the gate this morning, and puzzled as I wasnt expecting any deliveries, I opened this curious parcel...
What was inside? rip, rip.... a box of Jacobs Cream Crackers! ... that had obviously been opened... had postie been nibbling
my crackers?
Inside the biscuit box was a Staveley Deluxe 4, just like the one my clubmate Dave Hill had, a set I've always wanted - Dad & my (shared) very first propo set was the budget version of the Staveley Analogue 3, with awful stick units (SLM? Horizon?). Funds didnt run to a Deluxe (Kraft-Hayes stick units and mini KPS10 servos) but that was the one we really wanted. I think at the time it cost more than a month of my Dads wages.
Its so satisfying to finally own one, thanks I understand to super-sleuth Stu Mackay who spent hours and hours interrogating his network of contacts until finally one submitted under pressure and gave up the prize
A sincere thank you to Stu and Mike _K for their relentless efforts and for this amazing result - I wish there was a stronger word than gobsmacked but as a simple Yorkshireman I dont know of one. I'm triple-gobsmacked. Thanks lads!
The set was well-gunked with castor-varnish, often a good thing for preservation. The Kraft chrome bezels looked a bit corroded but it turns out that was more caked varnish. Brake-cleaner, a soft cloth and lots of pressured scrubbing brought them up nicely. The case was scrubbed with a Vim solution and a toothbrush (I've lost my 'Barkeepers Friend' somewhere) - theres more scrubbing to do but this is the first pass, not bad for a well-used 1969 radio eh?
I dont feel at all bad converting this as the PCB is quite corroded with green copper sludge through damp. It will be a straight 4 channel set though, no extra switches or buttons, just like the original I never had! Might put it on 35mhz as the original aerial is in good nick too.
Thanks again Mike & Stu, sterling effort!
Cheers
Phil
Edit: I managed to get rid of the dreaded 'Dymo' mess with brake cleaner...
- tiptipflyer
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Congratulations Phil, it looks great.
My deepest respect ot the effort and results of Stu´s and Mike_K´s work.
It will make a great straight 35MHz radio without any gimmiks.
Frank
My deepest respect ot the effort and results of Stu´s and Mike_K´s work.
It will make a great straight 35MHz radio without any gimmiks.
Frank
- Wayne_H
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
And I second the motion - well deserved and well played ladstiptipflyer wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 15:43 Congratulations Phil, it looks great.
My deepest respect to the effort and results of Stu´s and Mike_K´s work.
It will make a great straight 35MHz radio without any gimmiks.
Frank
Cheers,
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
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Re: WANTED: Staveley Deluxe Analogue 4 Channel
Yaaaaaayyy! He got one!
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Gary
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Gary