Looking for broken/fake radio for movie prop

KonFusion

Hey folks,

I'm looking for a broken radio, or an old radio, or the shell of a radio, or anything that remotely looks something along these lines:





It essentially needs to look like a generic/cliché old radio Doesn't need to be functioning at all, as it's only going to be used as a prop, and then most likely discarded, so the cheaper the better.

Any idea where I could source something like this? Tried ebay and the like, but they were all functioning and expensive.

Appreciate any help

watty

Top is maybe Military
Bottom is CB (very generic for a CB as many makes use same chassis for nearly 30 years with little change)

Both are vehicle /Mobile types.

There is really no such thing as totally generic.

There are four main appearances:
Hand held
Back pack
vehicle
Base (i.e. on a desk).

Also there are five common main styles very different in appearance:
CB
Amateur
Commercial (i.e. Fleet Mobile, Security guards, Police/Ambulance etc)
Marine
Military.

There are also short range Licence Free Walkie Talkies
"Toy" 27MHz and 49MHz
PMR 433 MHz (some are commercially styled and sold at x10 price, but the same radio!)
SDR 864 MHz

Different eras are very different style and size too.
1920s, 1930s, WWII, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s & 1980s, 1990s to now.

see www.radiomuseum.org

It's important that a "prop" should blend in and not stick out and detract from the story.

You'd be amazed how much even ordinary people not Radio Enthusiasts recognise.

P.S. I'd be surprised if all the expensive stuff on ebay actually works. Plenty cheap stuff too. How much is "expensive"?

martinedwards

contact your local ham radio club. hams never throw ANYTHING away, and I'm betting a bunch of them coul;d lend you a carcase o even a working radio for a few days.... especially if you offered a "Radio technical support" credit!!

brownmini

martinedwards wrote: »

hams never throw ANYTHING away,

So true...so true :-)

KonFusion

martinedwards wrote: »

contact your local ham radio club. hams never throw ANYTHING away, and I'm betting a bunch of them coul;d lend you a carcase o even a working radio for a few days.... especially if you offered a "Radio technical support" credit!!

I'm in Dublin. Where would I go about finding out where my local ham radio club is.

Ignorantly, I didn't even know there was such a thing :pac:

martinedwards

lets try googling amateur radio club dublin.......

1st hit....

http://www.irts.ie/cgi/affiliat.cgi

take your pick!